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MUSIC HALL : Juliet in Verona 2012

With creations by Selia Krithariotis, the ballet of the National Opera presents the eternal love story in a new choreography by Renato Zanella

"The story of Romeo and Juliet affects everyone and I wondered if something similar could happen today…I believe so!», says Renato Zanella

Julieta wears creations by Selia Krithariotis, in the famous balcony scene and beyond. It's a fact. The National Opera suggests an interesting partnership between the art of dance and haute couture (which is common in European theaters) in the production of "Romeo and Juliet", ballet in two acts by Sergei Prokofiev.
The ELLS ballet will present the eternal love story of Romeo and Juliet, in a new choreography by the choreographer and director of the ELS Ballet, Renato Janella, for five unique performances, Is the motto of the 16th Spare Parts Bazaar 9 until 13 May, at the Athens Concert Hall ("Alexandra Trianti" room). The choreography, which is a world premiere, takes us to the Verona of today, where the two families of the Montagues and the Capulets maintain their feud, which already lasts many generations.


"In the right place"
Zanella is inspired by the personality and dynamics of the ELS ballet dancers. The ELS orchestra is under the musical direction of Loukas Karytinos, she has designed the costumes - in her first collaboration with Lyriki- the fashion designer Celia Kritharioti, while the sets are by Constantinos Theofanis.

The Romeo and Juliet ballet is one of the most beloved of dance philology. "I decided to choreograph it because I feel like I'm in the right place at the right time to deal with it. I was inspired by the size and strong personality of the Lyric Ballet, as well as the determination with which he opens himself to new projects", notes Renato Zanella.

"Verona is the city in which I was born. Her story, the architecture, its colors and tradition make the visitor feel that time has never passed? especially if one walks around at night, with the dim lighting of its streets, it feels like going back in time. The story of Romeo and Juliet affects everyone and I wondered if something similar could happen today. Love is so powerful, so as to lead two young men to acts of such desperation, in order to defend the,what is more important to them; I believe so!».


There was fear of attacks
In its original form the ballet was based on an abridgement of Shakespeare's well-known play by Adrian Piotrowski and Sergei Radloff. Prokofiev completed the score on 1935 as an order of the Kirov Ballets of St. Petersburg. In the first version with a happy ending, the ballet was never performed, as there was fear of attacks from offensive articles echoing Stalin's thoughts in the Pravda newspaper. Such attacks were common against modernist artists. The ballet was premiered in a choreography by the Czech dancer and choreographer Ivan Psota, at 30 December 1938, in Brno, Czechoslovakia. However, the ballet became famous in the choreography of Leonid Lavrovsky, which was presented on 11 January 1940 from Kirov, with Galina Ulanova and Konstantin Sergeev. The most famous choreographies in the West remain those of John Cranko (1958) and Kenneth MacMillan (1965).


The third production
The masterpiece ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Prokofiev, which was based on Shakespeare's play, is the third production of the ELS ballet in the artistic period 2011-12. After "Everybody Waltz", "Don Quixote" but also "Faust", ELS ballet dancers are invited to compete with one of the most demanding ballets of all time.

Source : ethnos.gr

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Romeo and Juliet in modern life

Karyofyllia Karabetis in the direction and the leading role

Romeo and Juliet in the computer age, in the age of great threats, in the age of modern "terrorism": THEKarabeti walnut tree suggests, for the 23 January (at 20.30) in the context of the Theatrical Analogy of the Ionian Center his "Juliet of Mackintosh".Stelios Lytra,choosing to oversee the direction and "read" the role of Juliet.
Project written 1991 by the writer and poet who passed away this summer 1993 – in age 41 years, tackles the Shakespearean theme, giving the heroes present-day faces. The case unfolds in the nightmarish atmosphere of an Orwellian-style totalitarian regime, with riot police clashing and young protesters. Juliet is an employee of a huge company that crushes her every day, while Romeo is a wanted "terrorist" who traffics electronic files with prohibited material. The claustrophobic interior and exterior landscape is dominated by screens – or computers, or televisions that constantly show state propaganda, scenes of extreme violence and images of war. They are still playingDimitris Lalos,Yannis Leakos, Elianna Mavromati, Chris Radanoff, Vassilis Hatzidimitrakis, while the video featuresStelios Mainas.
The project was first uploaded on 2000 directed by Simeio theaterNikos Diamantis with herIoanna Makri in the role of Juliet.
In between, this week at the Ionian Center will be given today, Monday and tomorrow, Tuesday 16 and 17 January, two more shows.
Tonight (16/1, at 21.30) "Arthonen Artaud Remembers Hilter in Berlin's Café Roman", directed by himDimitris Kantiotis byNikos Pantelidis. With him on stage,Alexander Botinishe plays the cello. Based on the French theorist's uncredited letter to Hilter, Tom Peckert composed a special monologue, in his spiritBread, which combines extreme thoughts. It will be repeated on 23 and 30 January as well as on 6 February. Start time: 21.30.
Subsequently, next Tuesday, 17 January (at 20.30), her work will be presented in the same spaceSonia Zaharatou "My Enemy". The text places men somewhere in the world, women and children, heroes of a terrorist act. The author points out that“around them, inside the frozen room, where they are trapped, there are guns and explosives. A woman, with her son in her arms, exhausted from fatigue, falls asleep. A man, beside her, he wakes her up and talks to her. He is one of the binders! What can he say to her?; What will be the outcome of the hostage situation?; What will become of our heroes?;». In the theater lectern they readTitika Vlachopoulos (which also has the directorial supervision) and theDimitris Petropoulos.Fauto is playingSophia Mavrogenidou.
Source : tovima.gr