This version of shakespeare s tragedy is cold and dark literally quite dark.
Mats ek romeo and juliet cast.
Juliet romeo review mats ek s vivid spin on shakespeare 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars.
To say this is a new work is an understatement.
He has returned to the source for his inspiration.
After giselle sleeping beauty and carmen mats ek put together yet another groundbreaking production with his 2013 stockholm opera version of shakespeare s mythic drama part of the opera company s celebrations of its 240th anniversary the swedish choreographer interprets romeo and juliet as less the story of a rivalry between two warring families the montagues and the capulets and.
Ek has stripped away the patina of age from the well loved story to introduce an astonishing refreshing almost revolutionary concept.
A story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo and this is juliet julia s ballet.
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.
Mariko kida as juliet and anthony lomuljo as romeo in the royal swedish ballet s production of mats ek s juliet and romeo gert weigelt ek gives her a granite will.
A young man emerges from a dark opening situated in the middle of the stage quickly climbs over a tall metal wall or is it a barricade that dominates the space and disappears behind it.
Kennedy center for the performing arts opera house washington dc june 1 2016.
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.
But in contrast say with his.
Mats ek s ballet juliet and romeo opens with a startling sight.
Sadler s wells mats ek evokes the divided world in which the star crossed lovers are raised in his.
What s in a name.
In the case of mats ek s juliet romeo which royal swedish ballet presented last week at sadler s wells the switched up nam.
