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Monte-CarloRomeo and Juliet – Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Francesco Resch and Juliette Klein in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette © Alice Blangero
Prokofiev: Roméo et Juliette
Jean-Christophe Maillot; Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo; Ernest Pignon-Ernest; Jérôme Kaplan; Dominique Drillot
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Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette at 30

Francesco Resch and Juliette Klein in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette © Alice Blangero
Thirty years on, Maillot’s reading of Shakespeare retains a certain timelessness, not least for its refreshing refusal to depict the action literally. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dance it supremely well.

World ballet stars and future talents at Ballet Nights’ Decadance

Sae Maeda and Harris Bell in Moskowski Waltz © Deborah Jaffe
Ballet Nights is an ambitious dance project that began two and a half years ago and was the brainchild of founder, Jamiel Devernay-Laurence. Lots to applaud while celebrating its tenth programme.

La Belle: Monte-Carlo's response to a classical Beauty is magical

Olga Smirnova as La Belle in Jean-Christophe Maillot's La Belle © Alice Blangero
Full of invention and originality, this up-to-date version of The Sleeping Beauty is entertaining and emotionally absorbing.