He has returned to the source for his inspiration.
Mats ek romeo and juliet cast.
Juliet romeo review mats ek s vivid spin on shakespeare 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars.
A story of more woe than this of juliet and her romeo and this is juliet julia s ballet.
Mats ek has always taken a radical line with the ballet repertory and it s clear from the title that his new juliet and romeo comes with maverick intent.
In 2013 the royal swedish ballet celebrated its 240th birthday.
This version of shakespeare s tragedy is cold and dark literally quite dark.
But in contrast say with his.
To say this is a new work is an understatement.
Mats ek s juliet and romeo which had its north american premiere at the kennedy center left me bereft not because i was moved by the deaths of the young lovers but because i wasn t moved at all.
Never a company to be mired in tradition rsb commissioned prolific and provocative contemporary choreographer mats ek to create a new version of romeo and juliet true to form ek turned the ballet on its head reversing the title using new music and creating a world of simmering brutality.
Mariko kida as juliet and anthony lomuljo as romeo in the royal swedish ballet s production of mats ek s juliet and romeo gert weigelt ek gives her a granite will.
Sadler s wells mats ek evokes the divided world in which the star crossed lovers are raised in his.
After giselle sleeping beauty and carmen mats ek put together yet another groundbreaking production with his 2013 stockholm opera version of shakespeare s mythic drama part of the opera company s celebrations of its 240th anniversary the swedish choreographer interprets romeo and juliet as less the story of a rivalry between two warring families the montagues and the capulets and.
Ek has stripped away the patina of age from the well loved story to introduce an astonishing refreshing almost revolutionary concept.
A young man emerges from a dark opening situated in the middle of the stage quickly climbs over a tall metal wall or is it a barricade that dominates the space and disappears behind it.
In the case of mats ek s juliet romeo which royal swedish ballet presented last week at sadler s wells the switched up nam.
What s in a name.
