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.
Mats ek romeo and juliet cast.
In 2013 the royal swedish ballet celebrated its 240th birthday.
What s in a name.
Sadler s wells mats ek evokes the divided world in which the star crossed lovers are raised in his.
A story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo and this is juliet julia s ballet.
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.
Juliet romeo review mats ek s vivid spin on shakespeare 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars.
He has returned to the source for his inspiration.
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.
In the case of mats ek s juliet romeo which royal swedish ballet presented last week at sadler s wells the switched up nam.
Ek has stripped away the patina of age from the well loved story to introduce an astonishing refreshing almost revolutionary concept.
Mats ek s ballet juliet and romeo opens with a startling sight.
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.
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.
To say this is a new work is an understatement.
This version of shakespeare s tragedy is cold and dark literally quite dark.
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.
