Music For Mats Ek Romeo And Juliet

Ballet juliet romeo review mats ek s vivid spin on shakespeare 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars.

Music for mats ek romeo and juliet.

In 2013 the royal swedish ballet celebrated its 240th birthday. Breathtaking furious and fascinating die welt. Mats ek has always taken a radical line with the ballet repertory and it s clear from the title that his new juliet and romeo comes with maverick intent. Never a company to be mired in tradition rsb commissioned prolific and provocative contemporary choreographer mats ek to create a new version of romeo and juliet true to form ek turned the ballet on its head reversing the title using new music and creating a world of simmering brutality.

Mats ek s juliet and romeo which had its north american premiere at the kennedy center left me bereft not because i was moved by the deaths of the young lovers but because i wasn t moved at all. Romeo and juliet becomes juliet romeo when world renowned choreographer mats ek presents his fulllength work to tchaikovsky s music excerpts from various of tchaikovsky s well known compositions with its first performance of the royal swedish ballet at the royal opera house. This version of shakespeare s tragedy is cold and dark literally quite dark. Juliet and romeo ballet royal swedish ballet 2013 ntsc mats ek juliet and romeo ballet in two acts with music by pyotr il yich tchaikovsky.

Juliet mariko kida romeo anthony lomuljo father arsen mehrabyan mother marie lindqvist duke niklas ek nurse ana laguna mercutio jérôme marchand. Kennedy center for the performing arts opera house washington dc june 1 2016. Music art design tv radio stage classical games more the observer.