TRAILER David Dawson »Romeo and Juliet« // Semperoper Ballett

It is one of the greatest love stories in the canon of Western literature: the passion and dreadful fate of young Romeo and his Juliet, who cannot be together because of deep-seated hatred and ancient quarrels, only to be united in death. William Shakespeare’s tragic tale has been reinterpreted countless times for the theatre, opera and dance stage as well the big screen, often updated to reflect current events and modern perspectives.
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»Romeo and Juliet« was first performed in Dresden in 1955. In 2022, the British Associate Choreographer of the Semperoper Ballett, David Dawson, will now present his fourth full-length ballet with »Romeo and Juliet«. In Dawson’s vision, this is a world of jarring contrasts oscillating between order and chaos, between tenderness and strength-where the power of dance illuminates the tragedy and beauty of the story.
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Choreography, Concept & Staging: David Dawson
Conductor: Benjamin Pope
Music: Sergej Prokofjew
Set Design & Costume Design: Jérôme Kaplan
Lighting Design: Bert Dalhuysen
Dramaturgy: Freya Vass, Regina Genée
Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Holby
Assistent to the Choreographer: Raphaël Coumes-Marquet
Ballet masters: Rebecca Gladstone, Christiane Marchant
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Juliet: Ayaha Tsunaki
Romeo: Julian Amir Lacey
Mercutio: Jón Vallejo
Tybalt: Marcelo Gomes
Benvolio: Alejandro Martínez
Paris: Gareth Haw
Capulet: Christian Bauch
Lady Capulet: Sangeun Lee
Angelica, Julia’s Nurse: Jenny Laudadio
Brother Laurence: Casey Ouzounis
Roseline: Rebecca Haw