San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet

Synopsis

From grand spectacles to poignant close-ups, experience Helgi Tomasson's bravura interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet like you've never seen it before. With passionate choreography, spine-tingling swordsmansip, and a celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev, San Francisco Ballet's passionate retelling of the Bard's greatest tragedy has packed houses around the world. Romeo & Juliet is one of the Company's most popular and widely toured ballets and has been seen by more than 200,000 people since it premiered in 1994. Choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, with sets and costumes by Jens-Jacob Worsaae, this visually stunning production and the brilliant dancers of San Francisco Ballet bring this powerful and touching tragedy - and Renaissance-era Verona - vivdly to life. ""Tomasson lifts Shakespeare's complex and familiar language off the gilded pages and translates it into lucid classical choreography that is visceral, fresh, and ultimately sublime"" (Huffington Post).

Main Cast

Maria Kochetkova

Juliet

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Davit Karapetyan

Romeo

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Pascal Molat

Mercutio

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Joseph Walsh

Benvolio

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Luke Ingham

Tybalt

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Sophiane Sylve

Lady Capulet

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Thomas Grimm
Sound	Music	Sergei Prokofiev
	Music Director	Martin West
Crew	Choreographer	Helgi Tomasson
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