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Ballet in three acts after William Shakespeare - 1962
Choreography John Cranko · Composer Sergej Prokofjew
Friday, 20. January 2017
07:30 pm – 10:15 pm
Nationaltheater
Duration est. 2 hours 45 minutes · 1. Akt (est. 07:30 pm - 08:30 pm ) · Interval (est. 08:30 pm - 09:00 pm ) · 2. Akt (est. 09:00 pm - 09:40 pm ) · 3. Akt (est. 09:40 pm - 10:14 pm )
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Cast
- Conductor
- Robertas Šervenikas
- Choreography
- John Cranko
- Inszenierung
- John Cranko
- Production Assistant
- Georgette Tsinguirides
- Set Design
- Jürgen Rose
- Tybalt
- Erik Murzagaliyev
- Julias Amme
- Elaine Underwood
- Julia
- Ivy Amista
- Romeo
- Osiel Gouneo
- Graf Paris
- Matteo Dilaghi
- Mercutio
- Javier Amo
- Benvolio
- Dmitrii Vyskubenko
- Graf Capulet
- Norbert Graf
- Gräfin Capulet
- Séverine Ferrolier
- Pater Lorenzo
- Peter Jolesch
- Zigeunerin
- Luiza Bernardes Bertho, Evgenia Dolmatova, Mia Rudić
- Faschingsprinz
- Wentao Li
- Soloists and corps de ballet of the Bavarian State Ballet
- Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Even though John Cranko is South African, he counts as one of the most significant English choreographers of the 20th century. Furthermore, he is a central figure in German ballet history – after all, he contributed greatly to the fact that Germany returned to the forefront of the ballet world in the 1960s. In particular his version of Romeo and Juliet, created in 1962, directed the eyes of the ballet world back to the "Dance Country Germany" after it had been the catalyst of "Ausdruckstanz" and Modern Dance during the first third of the 20th century.
Cranko's Romeo and Juliet is told in the most clear and concise way, making explanations in the program book almost completely redundant. In his choreographic handwriting, each movement resembles an emotion. It is purely classical, but combines different styles and influences: from the near acrobatic virtuosity of the soviet ballet to the subtle elegance of the English style. This mixture is especially evident in his pas de deux between lovers. Ever since 1968, the ballet has been in the repertory of the Bavarian State Ballet. Every new generation of audiences and dancer alike is enchanted and devastated by the drama of this Piece.
Act I
Scene 1 – The Market Place.
As day breaks, Romeo, son of Montague, is found declaring his love to the fair Rosaline. With the sunrise the market place fills with townspeople among whom are members of the two rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Tempers flare and a quarrel develops. The Duke of Verona appears and warns the two fractions that death will the ultimate punishment if the feud does not stop. Romeo and his friends, Benvolio and Mercutio, make reluctant peace with Tybalt, a kinsman of the Capulets.
Scene 2 – Juliet’s anteroom in the Capulets’ house.
Juliet receives her first ball dress from her mother, Lady Capulet, and learns that she is to meet the noble Paris to whom she will be betrothed on the following day. Now she must bid farewell to her childhood.
Scene 3 – Outside the Capulets’ house.
Guests appear for the Capulets’ ball, among them Rosaline. Romeo and his friends, masked, follow her to the hall.
Scene 4 – The ballroom.
Juliet dances with Paris but suddenly she and Romeo behold each other, and it is love at first sight. Tybalt, suspecting Romeo’s identity, tries to start an argument, but is prevented by Juliet’s father who abides by the laws of hospitality.
Scene 5 – Juliet’s balcony.
On the balcony outside her bedroom Juliet dreams of Romeo. He appears below in the garden. They declare their eternal love.
Act II
Scene 1 – The Market Place.
A carnival is in progress in the main square. Romeo, indifferent to the gaiety around him, is discovered by Juliet’s nurse, who brings him a letter from her. She asks Romeo to meet Juliet in the chapel of Friar Laurence.
Scene 2 – The Chapel.
In his cloister, Friar Laurence joins the young lovers in marriage.
Scene 3 – The Market Place.
At the height of the carnival, Romeo returns to the square. Tybalt accosts him but Romeo declines to fight. Mercutio, angered, engages in a duel with Tybalt, and dies at his hands. Romeo, distraught, turns on Tybalt and kills him.
Act III
Scene 1 – The Bedroom.
In Juliet’s bedroom the lovers are awakened by the sunrise, and Romeo, under sentence of exile, must leave Juliet and Verona. Lord and Lady Capulet enter with Paris, but Juliet rejects him.
Scene 2 – The Chapel.
Juliet, appealing for help to Friar Laurence, receives a potion from him that will place her in a death – like sleep. He explains that Romeo will find her in the family tomb and from there they can escape together.
Scene 3 – The Bedroom.
Juliet agrees to her marriage with Paris. After he leaves with her parents, she takes the sleeping draught and is thought to be dead when her family and friends discover her.
Scene 4 – The Capulet family crypt.
Romeo, who has never received Friar Laurence’s message revealing the plan, believes Juliet to be dead and rushes to her tomb. There he finds the mourning Paris and kills him. Embracing Juliet for the last time, he plunges his dagger into his heart. Juliet awakens to find Romeo Dead. Grief-stricken, she kills herself.
Biographies
First Soloist
Erik Murzagaliyev was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He started training at the State Ballet School of Almaty. He was a trainee at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet Almaty in the season 2007/2008. During 2009/2010 he was a member of the Cinevox Junior Company. In the season 2010/2011 he danced as a Trainee with the Bayerisches Staatsballett. From the 2011/2012 season until the 2015 he was Corps de ballet dancer with the Company. He was promoted to Soloist rank in the season 2015/2016, to First Soloist rank with the beginning of the season 2017/2018. With the end of the 2017/18 season Erik Murzagaliyev left the Bayerisches Staatsballett. (Information as of July 2018)
Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Broken Fall (R. Maliphant)
BIPED (M. Cunningham)
Paris in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Spiral Pass (R. Maliphant)
Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (J. Neumeier)
Lucien in Paquita (M. Petipa/A. Ratmansky)
Conrad in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Soloist 1st movement in Symphony in C (G. Balanchine)
Adam is (A. Barton), creation
For the Children of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. A piece by Pina Bausch (P. Bausch)
Gladiator/Spartan with the stick in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
Crassus in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
White-Swan-Pas de deux from Swanlake (M. Petipa/L. Iwanow)
Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Solor in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
Theseus / Oberon in A Midsummer Night´s Dream (J. Neumeier)
Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Alexej Karenin in Anna Karenina (C. Spuck)
Don Quijote in Don Quijote (R. Barra/L. Minkus)
Onegin in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Dancer in Kairos und Sunyata - Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
Retinue of Andreas II in Raymonda (R. Barra, M. Petipa)