Mats Ek Romeo And Juliet Cast

Mats ek s ballet juliet and romeo opens with a startling sight. 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. 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.

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This version of shakespeare s tragedy is cold and dark literally quite dark.

Mats ek romeo and juliet cast.

What s in a name. Juliet and romeo is swedish choreographer mats ek s version of the ill fated lovers tale told in a way that honors its renaissance source while tying it directly to today s world. 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. To say this is a new work is an understatement.

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. He has returned to the source for his inspiration. In the case of mats ek s juliet romeo which royal swedish ballet presented last week at sadler s wells the switched up nam. In 2013 the royal swedish ballet celebrated its 240th birthday.

A story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo and this is juliet julia s ballet. Juliet romeo review mats ek s vivid spin on shakespeare 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. 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. But in contrast say with his.

Kennedy center for the performing arts opera house washington dc june 1 2016. Ek has stripped away the patina of age from the well loved story to introduce an astonishing refreshing almost revolutionary concept. Sadler s wells mats ek evokes the divided world in which the star crossed lovers are raised in his. 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.