West side story - UK tour

For my design, I decided to focus my attention on The UK tour of West Side Story around the UK.
As a visiting production West Side story has made two (2008/2009 and 2013/2014)UK tours with the same creative team and different dancers.

Team:
Joey McKneely - director and choreographer
Paul Gallis - set designer
Renate Schmitzer - costume designer
Donald Chan - musical supervisor and conductor
Hannelor Uhrmacher - make up designer
Rick Clarke - sound designer
Peter Halbsgut - light designer
Jill Green - casting director
Dagmar Windisch - executive producer

The costumes in the two visiting production have main similarity between the costumes.
 Some of the costumes such as the dress of Maria (the character which I chose for my designs) in the scene on her balcony, remain the same.

The scene on the balcony of Maria in 2008 UK Tour

The scene on the balcony of Maria in 2013 UK tour

There are also costumes on which have been added just additional details and layers in order to look more complete and beautiful. An example can be noticed on the dress of Maria during the song "America" where an upper red layer of decoration is added to her dress.
Another group of costumes seems to have been redesigned as a whole keeping the same style and similar colors but using different textures and additions such as the costumes of the Puertoricanian girls during the same act. The skirts have some added layers mostly around the belt area which adds accent on the waist movement of the dancers.

Puertoricanian girls singing song "America" in 2008 

Puertorican girls singing song "America" in 2013

images from West Side Story