Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet

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A love to die for : Sergei Prokofiev dance with the Ural Opera Ballet in this contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Vyacheslav Samodurov.

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Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet

A love to die for : Prokofiev dance with the Ural Opera Ballet in this contemporary version of “Romeo and Juliet” choreographed by Vyacheslav Samodurov. 

Two lovers, united by fate but kept apart by an old family feud, who can only be together in death : Shakespeare’s timeless tale, set to ballet music by Sergey Prokofiev in 1935, needs no introduction. However, this production from the Ural Opera Ballet in Ekaterinburg, which won the prestigious Golden Mask Prize as “Best Ballet” in 2017, adds interesting twists to this well-known frame, as choreographer Vyacheslav Samodurov sets his performance in a dance studio, during a rehearsal of the Romeo and Juliet ballet.

This way, the characters of the play are placed out of a specific country or era: the action could take place anytime and anywhere. It could even be happening in front of your window right now: it is not by chance that the dancers reminded the audience of today’s ‘boys and girls from the Uralmash district’, as some viewers have noted in social media. The motive of struggle between the two clans disappears from the performance – it does not matter which families the street fighters belong to. The concept of repetition and inexorability of the theatrical ritual plays a central part: a tragedy is about to happen and the lovers will die today, but afterwards everyone will go home, a new rehearsal will start tomorrow, and the story will be repeated again from the start.

With outstanding performances from principals Ekaterina Sapogova and Alexandr Merkushev, choreographer Vyacheslav Samodurov creates an intricate and surprisingly modern choreographical language that draws from classical movements but also from pantomime to best express the feelings and the drama at play in this eternal masterpiece.

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Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet [DVD & Blu-ray]

Ballet in three acts

Libretto Leonid Lavrovsky, Adrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov
After the eponymous tragedy by William Shakespeare

Music Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Juliet Ekaterina Sapogova
Romeo Alexandr Merkushev
Mercutio Igor Bulytsyn
Benvolio Gleb Sageev
Tybalt Vadim Eremin

Ural Opera Ballet (Ekaterinburg)
Ural Opera Orchestra (Ekaterinburg)

Conductor Pavel Klinichev

Choreography Vyacheslav Samodurov
Sets Anthony Macilwaine
Costumes Irena Belousova
Lighting design Simon Bennison
Assistant to the choreographer Klara Dovzhik

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Press review

Presse du spectacle

“Dans Roméo et Juliette, Samodurov réunit l’intimité tranquille, la certitude que les corps en mouvement ne mentent jamais, avec une passion folle pour la pureté de la danse. C’est ce qui semble le plus compliqué à réaliser dans la danse russe, qui est le plus à son aise dans l’intériorité. Et si le chorégraphe parvenait à maintenir ce style, il pourrait ouvrir une nouvelle voie à l’école chorégraphique nationale”. – ANNA GALAYDA, ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA

“Sans essayer de suivre méticuleusement toutes les péripéties du triste drame shakespearien, se tenant à distance de la pantomime, laissant la danse et sa plasticité raconter l’histoire et exprimer les affects, Samodurov ne sacrifie ni le pouvoir des sentiments, ni le drame, ni la pièce de tempéraments. Comme dans d’autres de ses créations récentes, le chorégraphe démontre avec honnêteté que la dévotion à l’école classique de danse de Saint-Pétersbourg n’est pas un obstacle à la modernisation du langage”  – NATALIA ZVENIGORODSKAYA, NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA

Presse du film

“Une excellente production, dansée par une troupe qui vaut la découverte” – RESMUSICA

“Cette production mérite le détour” – DANSOMANIE

Technical informations

HD recording : Ural Opera and Ballet Theater (Ekaterinburg) | 06/2019
TV direction : Denis Caïozzi
Release date
 : 24 April 2020
Distribution : Naxos Distribution

1 DVD
Reference
: BAC180
Barcode : 3760115301801
Running time : 117 min.
Booklet : FR / ENG / GER
Image : Colour, 16/9, NTSC
Sound : PCM 2.0
Region code : 0

1 BLU-RAY
Reference : BAC580
Barcode : 3760115305809
Running time : 117 min.
Booklet : FR / ENG / GER
Image : Colour, 16/9, Full HD
Sound : PCM 2.0
Region code : A, B, C

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