Saw this magnificent ballet in Boston. Not a dry eye in the theater. Everyone knows the story....but how can you not cry??? This production was on my bucket list and I'm so happy I was able to see this.
Can you imgine that the ballet originally was supposed to have a happy ending? This sparked a controversy which postponed the premiere and the ending was then revised and Shakespeares original ending restored.
That's an incredible talent to dance while pretending to be dead with the same magnificent form as one might have performing "live." What skill. Remarkable.
This Kenneth Macmillan pas de deux between Romeo and his "dead" Julie is a unique event in the history of the performing arts. His consummate mastery of the expressive power of the dance and music tears asunder the veil between life and art and "pierceth the heart..."
There are other versions of this ballet performed, but Kenneth MacMillan is the greatest choreographer who ever lived, and his mastery is instantly recognisable!
The choreography and emotional input from Kenneth Macmillan makes this touch your deepest feelings. Romeo and Juliet live their tragic story in heart-breaking reality!
Good ole story is that the only good thing Stalin ever did was stop Sergei changing the ending to a happy one. Joe liked his Shakespeare and raw. And nobody argued with Stalin so Proko sat down and did as he was bid. And wow what a ballet.
Amzing to think that between completion and first performance came the overt insanity and covert brutality Stalin's show trials and purges. The theatre director who had commissioned R&J and reduced the play to a balletic essense, was taken in thenight and shot before he got to see the masterpiece he'd called into being. I think music captures aswell something of its own historical context
MacMillan is a genius, but this scene looks kind of creepy and not aesthetically pleasing to me. I decided to watch the classical Romeo and Juliet ballet after I saw parts of Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Johan Kobborg with Sergei Polunin and Alina Cojocaru. After comparing may I just say I love Kobborg’s version so much more! I wish big ballet companies would give this new ballet a chance.
It sounds like from Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet on here from 6:00 minutes on is the part used for Eagle's Serenade by Stringfellow Hawk on the t.v. series AIRWOLF. Compare to the music at: Eagle´s serenade posted by evaoneill, here on UA-cam. Let me know if you think this is the same. They have always said this bit of cello was Prokofiev, but no one ever seemed to know which song. I think this is it. Please let me know. Thanks!
Awesome comment. Lol. But let us focus on the how much control she had to have over her body during this scene or how heart breaking this scene is. Focus on one of those two things. But perfect comment. Lol.
***** Don't you know that 13 and 17 year olds can fall strongly in love (you might think, lust)? At the time of the Capulets and Montagues people got together at a younger age than now. They had to due to limited life expectancy. cb
+Max Angel ...just another piece of evidence from one small-minded, school marmish philistine to prove that art cannot effect the congenitally ignorant.
@foster875 Do you actually KNOW the story? Juliet did that because of what a PRIEST, a MAN, told her to do. It was the idea of a MAN, the priest that married them both. It was not a mistake by Juliet, it was a plan she had with this priest. The priest was supposed to send someone to TELL Romeo about it, and who he sent was another MAN, a boy, who did not tell Romeo... So if someone is to be blamed by all the mistakes, it is a MALE. Not Romeo or Juliet.
For me it looked like an outrage upon the corpse. Very bad taste. The logic of Juliet’s behavior is unexplainable. Why on earth after stabbing she goes not to Romeo, but back to the sarcophagus and then creeps on it just for dying in nice V-shape exactly like his? And where is the most significant scene the whole this tragedy has led to? Where is a reconciliation of the two clans? The very point of the tragedy is missing. There are a lot of holes to this choreography. No, thank you, I prefer the Russian version with Galina Ulanova.
Its not supposed to be the exact story because its a ballet and a form of symbolism and expression... this is he ending because its a ballet thats supposed to end romantically and dramatically. Why the fuck would they end on something not tragic and dramatic as this. She ends in that position because she cant totally reach him. Its the dramatic aspect fuckin dumbass
Saw this magnificent ballet in Boston. Not a dry eye in the theater. Everyone knows the story....but how can you not cry??? This production was on my bucket list and I'm so happy I was able to see this.
Can you imgine that the ballet originally was supposed to have a happy ending? This sparked a controversy which postponed the premiere and the ending was then revised and Shakespeares original ending restored.
Unbelievable artistry at work. The Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet is a work of true genius!!
That's an incredible talent to dance while pretending to be dead with the same magnificent form as one might have performing "live." What skill. Remarkable.
I keep coming back to this video, it's just so beautiful and Emotional
This Kenneth Macmillan pas de deux between Romeo and his "dead" Julie is a unique event in the history of the performing arts. His consummate mastery of the expressive power of the dance and music tears asunder the veil between life and art and "pierceth the heart..."
One of the few pieces that can tear me up from the inside every single time...
There are other versions of this ballet performed, but Kenneth MacMillan is the greatest choreographer who ever lived, and his mastery is instantly recognisable!
Ledenjaschaja krovj Choreografie! Genialno ❤❤❤
The choreography and emotional input from Kenneth Macmillan makes this touch your deepest feelings. Romeo and Juliet live their tragic story in heart-breaking reality!
My all time favorite dancers in this role!!! Just awesome!
I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING
a moment of musical bliss in a moment of fictional death.
Just rips out my heart...and then stomps on it.
I still think Romeo should've checked her pulse first
Listen. You have a point. But let Romeo be a dumbass for the sake of storytelling, okay?
Incredible and beautifully performed. Very emotive
at 07:22 I cried and died inside :'(
Perfect
*ends final scene with hair in face*
such talent
Good ole story is that the only good thing Stalin ever did was stop Sergei changing the ending to a happy one. Joe liked his Shakespeare and raw. And nobody argued with Stalin so Proko sat down and did as he was bid. And wow what a ballet.
+Ben Meharry thanks! I didn't know that!
Bluebear Artz of course you didn’t because it!s just a lie.
lovely!
perfect!!!
Muy triste escena pero a su vez fue una gran interpretacion.... bravissimo....
Excellent.
Now that's how to wipe the floor properly! 😂😂😂
Siren Lucy exactly. Awful scene. How people can admire it, I don’t understand.
que gran video sin duda es una de las maravillas de la sociedad. :v
Very beautiful
Amzing to think that between completion and first performance came the overt insanity and covert brutality Stalin's show trials and purges. The theatre director who had commissioned R&J and reduced the play to a balletic essense, was taken in thenight and shot before he got to see the masterpiece he'd called into being. I think music captures aswell something of its own historical context
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普羅高費夫 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)《羅密歐與茱麗葉》
5. Romeo at Juliet’s Grave 茱麗葉墳前的羅密歐
Final scene (Macmillan)
That ending seems different from the one I’ve played. Did he cut up a different version for the suites?
I got it. We ended on Romeo at Juliet’s grave in the suite version.
I figured out the answer for this after I posted the original comment. The answer is yes.
MacMillan is a genius, but this scene looks kind of creepy and not aesthetically pleasing to me. I decided to watch the classical Romeo and Juliet ballet after I saw parts of Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Johan Kobborg with Sergei Polunin and Alina Cojocaru. After comparing may I just say I love Kobborg’s version so much more! I wish big ballet companies would give this new ballet a chance.
It sounds like from Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet on here from 6:00 minutes on is the part used for Eagle's Serenade by Stringfellow Hawk on the t.v. series AIRWOLF. Compare to the music at: Eagle´s serenade posted by evaoneill, here on UA-cam. Let me know if you think this is the same. They have always said this bit of cello was Prokofiev, but no one ever seemed to know which song. I think this is it. Please let me know. Thanks!
OMG I love it I wish I was juliet and my crush was romeo and then my other crush and my crush that was romeo would Fight for me
This gives me the shivers and my breast feels constricted!
@j4TurboUrbo I know, but ballerinas are supposed to be very skinny.
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Who are the dancers?? Juliet is awesome!! 👏👏👏
alessandra Ferri I think (and maybe Angel Corella, but not shure)
Ferri
Um, I can see romeo breathing still
Sergei Prokofiev. Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64. 1940.
1:45
lingfung liu Thanks...the whole thing is Prokofiev... lol
You can still see his heavy breathing.....just saying....
Chamäleonwolke 248 after all, it's just a show!
Bruh she pushes him at 7:30 and it makes me laugh. The performance is really good, but every time I see that I just can't help myself.
In the story she was 13 he was 17. That's not love that's babysitting.
Awesome comment. Lol. But let us focus on the how much control she had to have over her body during this scene or how heart breaking this scene is. Focus on one of those two things. But perfect comment. Lol.
Oh well yeah ballet is freakin awesome and amazing i just felt like i needed to say that about the story is all xD
***** Don't you know that 13 and 17 year olds can fall strongly in love (you might think, lust)? At the time of the Capulets and Montagues people got together at a younger age than now. They had to due to limited life expectancy. cb
+Max Angel ...just another piece of evidence from one small-minded, school marmish philistine to prove that art cannot effect the congenitally ignorant.
+Max Angel lol
@foster875 Do you actually KNOW the story? Juliet did that because of what a PRIEST, a MAN, told her to do. It was the idea of a MAN, the priest that married them both. It was not a mistake by Juliet, it was a plan she had with this priest.
The priest was supposed to send someone to TELL Romeo about it, and who he sent was another MAN, a boy, who did not tell Romeo...
So if someone is to be blamed by all the mistakes, it is a MALE. Not Romeo or Juliet.
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who are the dancers?
thank you
@@philcoppa The Lady is Alessandra Ferri.
@@froschunke6027 thanks
@@froschunke6027 Angel Corella the Romeo?
@@philcoppa 👍 :-)
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For me it looked like an outrage upon the corpse. Very bad taste. The logic of Juliet’s behavior is unexplainable. Why on earth after stabbing she goes not to Romeo, but back to the sarcophagus and then creeps on it just for dying in nice V-shape exactly like his? And where is the most significant scene the whole this tragedy has led to? Where is a reconciliation of the two clans? The very point of the tragedy is missing. There are a lot of holes to this choreography. No, thank you, I prefer the Russian version with Galina Ulanova.
it's romantic and dramatic. like a ballet...
Its not supposed to be the exact story because its a ballet and a form of symbolism and expression... this is he ending because its a ballet thats supposed to end romantically and dramatically. Why the fuck would they end on something not tragic and dramatic as this. She ends in that position because she cant totally reach him. Its the dramatic aspect fuckin dumbass
@@isolatedfromeducation5491 I like your signature - “fucking dumbass”, but have you thought about a more euphonic nickname?
I'm so sad for you! It's gotta suck to have no soul!
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