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Romeo and
Juliet
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No one who has ever loved and lost can fail to be moved by this poignant tale of romance, adventure and tragedy. Its themes are universal; its appeal, timeless. In short, Romeo And Juliet is as old as love itself. Actually, it's as old as 1935. The period between 1832 and 1892 marked the heyday of the full length story ballet. It gave us La Sylphide, Swan Lake and Giselle.
Though these classics continued to be performed, with the advent of the twentieth century, choreographers began to lean toward a shorter, more abstract style. A few however, remained faithful to the old formula. Romeo And Juliet is just that: a 20th century work modelled on a 19th century concept, retaining the sense of spectacle, large cast, and 'doomed relationship' story of the ballets of that earlier century.
The story of the ballet version of Romeo And Juliet is faithful to Shakespeare's play. At a grand masquerade ball in the Italian Renaissance city of Verona, Juliet meets Romeo, and his mischievous friends, Mercutio and Benvolio. That night, after the ball, Juliet wanders out onto her balcony, where she and the awaiting Romeo pledge their love for one another.In a secret ceremony, Romeo and Juliet marry. Minutes later, on the streets of Verona, Romeo's friend Mercutio is stabbed in a duel. Romeo loses control, and kills Mercutio's murderer. Romeo is banished forever from Verona. Desperate to reunite with Romeo, Juliet agrees to drink a sleeping potion. Appearing lifeless, she will be buried in the family tomb, where Romeo can join her, and the two can escape together. But Romeo does not receive the correct message. He believes Juliet to be dead, and stabs himself. Juliet awakens to see her loved one lying lifeless, and she too takes her own life.
Romeo And Juliet differs from the classic ballets of the last century in a number of ways. The most obvious difference is the story. Unlike the scenarios for La Sylphide or Swan Lake, Shakespeare's tragic tale of two young, star-crossed lovers is no mere fairy tale; it's as modern a story as there is in ballet. The trademark immediacy of Romeo And Juliet poses a new dramatic challenge for the dancers. As such, Romeo And Juliet requires a very naturalistic acting style. In fact, Romeo And Juliet is less suited to the 'research oriented' dancer of say, Giselle, and more open to the kind of dancer who would let his or her self be guided by the music. And in Romeo And Juliet, there is a lot that can be discovered; the score, by Sergei Prokofiev, is a constant inspiration. Most true-to-life must be the fiery passion between the young lovers. And for that to come across, a special chemistry has to exist between the principal dancers. This heightened dynamic between the two principal dancers is another notable departure from eighteenth century ballet.
But in Romeo And Juliet, it isn't simply the young lovers' passion for one another that's unbridled - it's their enthusiasm for life. The two are in constant motion. Juliet runs the gamut from free movement, to intricate pointe work, while Romeo leaps from pas d'action to pas d'action.
There is no definitive version of Romeo And Juliet. Yet no matter how you slice it, this tragic love story, full of passion and death, looks, feels, and plays like a classic eighteenth century ballet. The truth, however, is that it is as young as the two lovers who lose their lives in an attempt to find togetherness and always will be.
Some quotes on Romeo and Juliet by...
Celia Franca
Evelyn Hart
Nikolaj Hubbe
Karen Kain
Kevin McKenzie
Amanda McKerrow
Ivan Nagy
Marianna Tcherkassky
Veronica Tennant
Celia Franca on Romeo and Juliet:
"Whether it's the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker with the Sugar Plum Fairy, or whether it's the prince in Swan Lake with the swan queen, let's face it, they're in love. There are different levels of love and different interpretations of love, and perhaps the prince in The Nutcracker never kisses the Sugar Plum Fairy, but there's certainly some choreography in there and it's a little bit suggestive, and indeed, if I were dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy, I would want to be in love with my Prince. With Romeo And Juliet, it's just a more realistic version of love. When they dance together, the passion is coming out of their ears. It's exuding from their bodies. It's much more realistic, but it's still love. Every ballet is about love. There's no such thing in my opinion as an abstract ballet. Whether a man or a woman are dancing together and they're not telling a story, there's no particular narrative, there's still chemistry between them, and God help you if there isn't because it's going to be a bad performance."
Evelyn Hart on Romeo and Juliet:
"There's that whole third act after Juliet is cast out by her parents and she has this unbelievable music just you know, on the floor, and you can do as little or as much as you like, and it's best to do as little, because the music says it all. Just expressing everything that's happened before and you know, her first night with Romeo, and he's out the window. And then that wonderful moment where she just sits on the bed and it's like, she sees her life going before her, and it's just brilliant. When you hear the music, the small piece in the third act, there is one note when you turn away, and there is hope and every time I run off the stage, there is a tear streaming down my face, and that is the one place where Juliet has hope, and it is the combination the rest of it after that is kind of faint and over. But you finish it, and kind of walk outside, and feel the fresh air, and feel like all your senses are heightened and you feel grateful for being alive."
Nikolaj Hubbe on Romeo and Juliet:
"You start rehearsing. You can't, I don't think you can, I think you can prepare a lot. But I think that if you prepare too much, with the literature, the music and this and that and looking, I think you stifle yourself. I think you set too many limits on yourself. As a dancer you have to, it's another medium. It's through the brain but it's mostly through the body and the music. And if you have too many preconceived ideas, this one and that one and he has to be this or that, you never in the studio during rehearsal, you never discover anything."
Kevin McKenzie on Romeo and Juliet:
"That's a ballet that put all the romantic and classic ballets into focus for me. Because for the first time - I did it much later in my career - and I had done "Swan Lake" and "Giselle" and "Sleeping Beauty" and all that before. When I did Romeo, I came to find that, you know what? I'm not dealing with anything mythical. I'm not falling in love with a bird and I'm not being danced to death by Wilis or waking up a girl who's been asleep for a hundred years. You know, I mean, it's human. It's visceral. It's guts. It's real life that happens every day."
"The lightest ballerinas in the world can be so heavy to lift, you know? I mean, because if you were to pick up this couch, it would be a strain, you know? But, if this couch could breathe and you know, go with it, it would be a lot lighter. My God, the dancing in that! Now there's a role where you're on the stage and dominating it most of the ballet. You're not standing around for a single second. Every single minute is high pitched. You know, you're fencing for your life, or there was a ballet that I was physically sick the next day."
Amanda McKerrow on Romeo and Juliet:
"That was the ballet I needed to learn to be human on stage, and to rip away that curtain that we all have. You can hide behind it in various roles but Juliet is a girl before she's a dancer, really. I mean, it wasn't just doing the steps and trying to express the character through the steps ; that doesn't work in that ballet like it does in other ballets. It's just raw emotion, and to just get up and let yourself do that in front of thousands of people... that was the real challenge for me in that ballet."
Ivan Nagy on Romeo and Juliet:
"The physical abandon of this ballet is a startling contrast to, say, a ballet like The Sleeping Beauty. In The Sleeping Beauty, the movement is very poised and stylized. But in Romeo And Juliet, the dancing, like the acting, is much more natural. This poses a major challenge for the dancer, for while the idea is to appear free, one must never forget about 'line.'"
Marianna Tcherkassky on Romeo and Juliet:
"There's that whole third act after Juliet is cast out by her parents and she has this unbelievable music just...you know, on the floor, and you can do as little or as much as you like, and it's best to do as little, because the music says it all. Just expressing everything that 's happened before and you know, her first night with Romeo, and he's out the window. And then that wonderful moment where she just sits on the bed and it's like, she sees her life going before her, and it's just brilliant."
Veronica Tennant on Romeo and Juliet:
"Romeo And Juliet is not dead or an old story. We have Romeo And Juliet in Sarajevo happening. We have a young servant and his Muslim girlfriend shot dead trying to cross battle lines. That is a story that is as alive for us today as it was in 1597 when Shakespeare created Romeo And Juliet. So it's all about life and people and love and human tragedy and flaws in our human makeup that make these tragedies happen. We see it every night on the news. Every time I dance Juliet it was today's life that I was talking about and today's emotion and humanity and who I am and who people are and
sometimes the sadness of that."
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A long time ago, a child was born to a queen and king and she was called Snow White.
When the queen died, the king married again. This new queen was wicked and hated Snow white. The queen gave orders that Snow White was to be treated as a servant.
Snow White grew very beautiful and one day a Prince riding by, saw her at work and fell in love with her.
The queen was beautiful too, and every day she asked her Magic Mirror, "Who is the fairest in the land?" and the mirror always answered, "You are the fairest one of all".
But one day the mirror answered Snow White was the fairest in the land, and in a rage the queen gave orders to one of her Huntsmen to take Snow White into the woods and kill her.
The Huntsman had a kind heart and couldn't do the deed so told her to run away. She fled into the woods where Seven little dwarfs lived. Their house was small and strange.
Snow White entered the little house and finding it very untidy, started to clean up. Upstairs she found seven little beds. She was very tired and stretching out on one of the beds, was soon asleep.
When the Dwarfs came home they were surprised to find Snow White and after some argument, decided to let her stay. She promised to cook and look after them.
The Queen discovered where Snow White was living and disguising herself as a witch, took a poisoned apple and set out for the Dwarfs cottage. She gave Snow White the poisoned apple to eat and as soon as she bit the apple, she sank into unconsciousness.
Thinking she was dead, the Dwarfs built a glass coffin and put her in it. For days she lay in the forest in her glass coffin. One day, the Prince was riding through the forest looking for Snow White and found her. He leaned over and kissed her. She opened her eyes and sat up with a smile. Everyone was happy. The Prince took Snow White to his palace where they were married and lived happily ever after.
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