L.A. Dance Project reframes Romeo and Juliet under the Sydney sky

David Adrian Freeland Jr. as Romeo and Mario Gonzalez as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Suite

L.A. Dance Project in Benjamin Millepied's Romeo and Juliet Suite

By Katie Lawrence, 06 June 2024

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“It’s geometric sorcery, and a remarkable fusion of dance and cinematography”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 5 June 2024

Romeo & Juliet Suite (Benjamin Millipied)

LA Dance Project

David Adrian Freeland Jr., Dancer

Mario Gonzalez, Dancer

LA Dance Project: a fugitive Romeo & Juliet Suite in New York

Carla Escoda, 3rd March

Benjamin Millepied's Romeo & Juliet Suite for LA Dance Project, to Prokofiev sliced and diced, has arrived in New York. Stunningly staged, with a puzzling shortage of characters.

**111

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Katie Lawrence, 24th April

This revival of Romeo and Juliet combines vivid staging and technical leads, but the lover's careful partnership lacks the volatility that makes young love convincing and tragedy believable.

***11

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****1

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Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

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****1

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Jeremy Eccles, 27th January

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.

***11

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Katie Lawrence

Katie Lawrence has a background in ballet, jazz, and contemporary, and spent much of her adolescence in the dressing room of dance eisteddfods. She is still mildly triggered by the smell of hairspray. She is now a regular in Sydney's dance audience crowd and can often be found at Sydney Dance Company and Tanya Pearson adult classes.