A hot affair: Staatsballett Berlin in Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet

By Katja Vaghi, 02 July 2019

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“despite its 57 years, the work still looks and feels fresh”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 30 June 2019

Romeo and Juliet (Leonid Lavrovsky, John Cranko)

Staatsballett Berlin

Ido Arad, Conductor

Thomas Mika, Set Designer

Ksenia Ovsyanick, Dancer

Marian Walter, Dancer

Sarah Mestrovic, Dancer

Alexei Orlenco, Dancer

Olaf Kollmannsperger, Dancer

Eoin Robinson, Dancer

Vahe Martirosyan, Dancer

Staatskapelle Berlin

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Christine Rocas played Juliet with exuberant lyricism that won me over completely.

***11

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Cristina de Lucas, 10th February

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo present Jean-Christophe Maillot’s elegant version of Romeo and Juliet in Madrid.

****1

ABT Romeo and Juliet at Wolftrap

Hilary Stroh, 14th July

Heated Passions abound in ABT's Romeo and Juliet.

****1

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 22nd June

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****1

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Hedy Mühleck, 25th February

As part of their Shakespeare400 celebration, BRB give a touching account of the Bard's timeless classic Romeo and Juliet.

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Joy Wang Xin Yuan, 2nd December

The legendary Natalia Makarova celebrated her 75th birthday in Japan with the Mariinsky's Romeo and Juliet which was led by Kristina Shapran and Timur Askerov.

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.