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I also went on 30th(Wed) to see Melissa Hamilton & Edward Watson and my comment is quite similar to JulieW's. It was the second time for me to see ROH R&J live - I went to see Cuthbertson & Bonelli a week before - and I liked it more than the first one. Maybe it's because I love so much to see Edward Watson dance and act on stage in this kind of narrative ballet. He is such a great actor/ dancer and, to me, his Romeo looked very passionate and romantic. I was also keen to watch Hamilton to dance Juliet after I watched her Mary in the Mayerling and I liked her lovely Juliet. As JulieW commented, it was really nice to see many relatively young and upcoming dancers last night. Valentino Zucchetti was cheerful as Mercutio and Nicole Edmonds as Paris impressed me in the ball dance scene. Christina Arestis was credited as Rosaline in the cast list but I think was actually danced by Fumi Kaneko, one of my favorite dancers.