Ooh Romeo. Wherefore art thou…
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and soloist Lucien
Postlewaite in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette. ©Angela Sterling
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET presents the West Coast Premiere of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, January 31-February 10.
This three-act “contemporary interpretation” of Shakespeare’s great love story has been hailed throughout the world as “one of the most beautiful ballets adapted from Shakespeare’s masterpiece that can be seen today” (Scènes Magazine).
This version of “Roméo and Juliet” highlights the dualities and ambiguities of adolescence.
Torn between contradictory impulses, between tenderness and violence, fear and pride, the lovers are caught in the throes of a tragedy that exemplifies their youth and the extreme emotions and internal conflicts that characterize that time of life – a time of life when destiny, more than at any other moment, seems to escape conscious control, and when the inner turmoil occasioned by passions and ideals can sometimes have disproportionate – even fatal – consequences.
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Noelani Pantastico
and soloist Lucien Postlewaite in Jean-Christophe
Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette. ©Angela Sterling
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE runs January 31-February 10.
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. January 31-February 2 and February 7-9, with matinees on February 2, 9 and 10.
Tickets range from $20 to $150 and may be purchased at PNB.com
Audience Advisory:
Content may not be appropriate for young children.
Need we say more…
Check out our review of Roméo et Juliette here.
