Northern Ballet's Romeo & Juliet: a plethora of outstanding dancers

Dominique Larose as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet

Dominique Larose as Juliet and Joseph Taylor as Romeo in Romeo & Juliet

Aaron Kok as Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet

Northern Ballet dancers in Romeo & Juliet

Von Graham Watts, 29 Mai 2024

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“The culminating highlight is as it should be, a particularly sensual and dreamy balcony pas de deux”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, am 28 Mai 2024

Romeo und Julia (Christopher Gable, Massimo Moricone)

Northern Ballet

Daniel Parkinson, Musikalische Leitung

Lez Brotherston, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Northern Ballet Sinfonia

Dominique Larose, Tanz

Joseph Taylor, Tanz

Aaron Kok, Tanz

Massimo Moricone’s Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux: fast paced action

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti, 7th December

Strong drama and powerful central performances of Massimo Moricone's Romeo and Juliet in Bordeaux for the first time.

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Northern Ballet at 50: a gala celebration in Leeds

Graham Watts, 4th January

Northern Ballet reaches its half-century with a gala at Leeds Grand Theatre featuring highlights from its "greatest hits".

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Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol will leave you ready for mince pies around the log fire

Catherine Sutherland, 9th October

Inspired by Dickens’ novel of the same title, Northern Ballet’s piece really captures the essence of Dickensian London at Christmas time. Dickens’ famous renderings of the festive season made much of his work almost synonymous with Christmas. Dickens’ most popular novel, A Christmas Carol redefined the spirit of Christmas as an enduring sense of community and sharing.

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Das Hamburg Ballett gibt Romeo und Julia

Joy Wang Xin Yuan, 29th June

Eine atemberaubende Vorstellung von Neumeiers Romeo und Julia vom Hamburg Ballett.

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Konzert für Salzburg

Christine Arnold, 2nd April

Die Osterfestspiele bieten ein seltenes Konzerterlebnis, bei dem vom Grundschulkind bis zum Rentner Jung und Alt zusammen kommen, um sich von der Staatskapelle Dresden begeistern zu lassen.

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A triumphant Romeo and Juliet from Philadelphia Ballet

Leigh Donlan, 30th April

Juliano Nunes’ Romeo and Juliet for Philadelphia Ballet works on all fronts: as a visual spectacle with highly original choreography and as a vehicle for cultivating memorable performances.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.