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

Por Graham Watts, 29 mayo 2024

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

Crítica hecha desde Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londres el 28 mayo 2024

Romeo y Julieta (Christopher Gable, Massimo Moricone)

Northern Ballet

Daniel Parkinson, Dirección

Lez Brotherston, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Northern Ballet Sinfonia

Dominique Larose, Bailarín

Joseph Taylor, Bailarín

Aaron Kok, Bailarín

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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Emotivo Romeo y Julieta en el Municipal de Santiago

Pedro Carcey, 15th April

La producción del Municipal de Santiago de Romeo y Julieta ofreció una versión emotiva y de una narrativa eficaz para recrear la trágica historia de los amantes de Verona.

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Triunfo absoluto del Romeo y Julieta de Jean-Christophe Maillot

Daniel Martínez Babiloni, 28th June

El Palau de Les Arts presenta el poético e histórico Romeo y Julieta coreografiado de los Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

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Dos clásicos del ballet por Andrew Litton y la Sinfónica de Galicia

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 10th March

Tras dirigir la OSG en el Musika-Música y de vuelta en La Coruña, Litton optó por un monográfico dedicado a dos clásicos del ballet: el Cascanueces de Tchaikovsky y Romeo y Julieta de Prokofiev. El Acto II completo en el primer caso, y en el segundo, diez números seleccionados y ordenados por el propio director, buen conocedor de la obra.

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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.