In the studio: Romeo and Juliet balcony pas de deux rehearsal | The Australian Ballet

Watch principal artists Sharni Spencer and Callum Linnane rehearse the emotional balcony pas de deux from John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet. Get tickets: bit.ly/TABRJ Subscribe for more behind the scenes content: bit.ly/3hBJ2WH
Sydney Opera House
1 - 21 December 2022
Livestream
18 October 2022
In the history of dance, there are only a handful of productions that translate Shakespeare’s story of tragic love into compelling ballet form. John Cranko’s majestic version is one of them. His Romeo and Juliet premiered in 1962, the year The Australian Ballet was founded, and generations of our dancers have grown up with the production and gone on to shine in its many dream roles.
An artist who effortlessly fused dance and drama, Cranko richly evokes the grandeur of the Capulets’ ball, the fierce clashes of the rival families and the brief, luminous flare of young love. His choreography seems to flow spontaneously out of Sergei Prokofiev’s score, which has proven itself as immortal as Shakespeare’s play. As clearly as words could, the music lays out the progress of the story, evoking swordplay, ecstasy, murder and the looming approach of the lovers’ fate.
Jürgen Rose’s dramatically resonant design captures the pageantry of medieval Verona, contrasting the heavy splendour of the aristocratic elder generation with the billowing fabrics of the young lovers’ carefree abandon.
Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet binds artists and audiences in a profound emotional experience that will linger long after the curtain falls.
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[@joannejackett4350]

Oh so beautiful. I could feel the passion. 🥰🧘‍♂️

[@shifat-day4251]

beautiful!

[@justinekim8744]

Oh the aggressive sniffing

[@danieldanik]

Listen to him ! 'It's like' and you 'like' and then 'like'.. that's why performance is just 'like average' lacking emotions , power, control and grace .. it's excellent for 'like' ballet school , but weak and simplistic for National stage. They know it, audience knows it.

[@matilda8675]

@@yasmingbrock9530 ???? why are you bashing the dancers so hard

[@annaspencer]

lol are you calling David Hallberg average? Ok man 😅

[@danieldanik]

@@annaspencer OMG, I was like wow! He's like totally needs like bigger vocabulary for real ;o))