Estreiiita Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Until the 31st of December it's possible to watch the "Romeo and Julie" ballet (choreography of John Neumeier) performed by the RDB in the spring of 2016 here: https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/romeo-og-julie-ballet-fra-det-kgl-teater/-/romeo-og-julie-ballet-fra-det-kgl-teater 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Ooooo thanks Estreiiita! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assoluta Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Atrocious camera image mixing ruining the whole experience. I am terribly disappointed. A candidate for the Most Inept Ballet Broadcast of the Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnpw Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Estreiiita - thanks for posting the link. I enjoyed watching it just now and would love to see this version live with a comparably fine ensemble. I suppose that would mean a trip to Hamburg or Copenhagen. I assume the little "ceremony" at the end was the promotion of Ida Praetorius (the lovely Juliet) to the Danish equivalent of Principal or Etoile. An onstage promotion, as in Paris, is somehow more exciting and touching than a press release. Watching this made me regret that we don't see much Neumeier in London - it might perhaps be one way of dealing with the perceived problem of a lack of effective narrative ballets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I saw this and I have to say I disagree with assoluta's assessment. It was an outstanding performance from everyone of a fabulous version of R&J and I thought the camera work was excellent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I saw the production live a few years ago and am not overly keen on it but I did enjoy the broadcast. In my opinion, the camera work was excellent. Just the right amount of close-ups and at the right times for them too. I think it made me enjoy the production more (our seats in Copenhagen hadn't been that wonderful). I thought Ida Praetorius was absolutely sublime as Juliet and I loved the close-ups of her face. In the tomb scene you could tell that she had found peace once she decided to kill herself. Andreas Kaas was utterly magnificent as Romeo, so boyish and falling so headlong in love. I liked Sebastian Haynes as Mercutio too. Thanks again Estreiiita for the link. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I believe it's now available for another week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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