Romeo and Juliet
From: Monday, 3rd August 2009
To: Thursday, 6 August 2009
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Synopsis
Romeo gate-crashes a ball given by his family's enemies, the Capulets, only to fall in love with their daughter Juliet. Their passion is mutual, but the hatred between their families forces their relationship to a catastrophic conclusion.
Our Review:
Sarah Frater - 3 August 2009
The Mariinsky is one of the best ballet companies in the world, although you’d never know it from its Romeo and Juliet which opened a two-week visit to Opera House last night. Unlike the Kenneth Macmillan version, whose naturalistic acting and loose-limbed dancing has become pretty much definitive, the Mariinsky production has a 19th-century formality and grandeur that feels old fashioned and out of sync.
In fact, it was only made in 1940, and while it will surely have looked innovative in the then Soviet Union, its style of dancing and, in particular, it style of acting look creaky and pompous to modern-day eyes.
The Capulets and Montagues are little more than pantomime villains, with bad wigs and silly beards. Tybalt (Ilya Kuznetsov) was especially cloak-and-dagger, with a lavish grimace and clenched fists. I honestly don’t know if this style is admired in Russia today, or if it’s just something the dancers ...
Cast
Evgenia Obraztsova (Juliet)
Olesya Novikova (Juliet)
Alina Somova (Juliet)
Ekaterina Osmolkina (Juliet)
Evgeny Ivanchenko (Romeo)
Anton Korsakov (Romeo)
Vladimir Shklyarov (Romeo)
Igor Kolb (Romeo)
Creative
Prokofiev (Music)
Mariinsky Ballet (Company)
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