Color: Colour

Credits:

Chitose Okashiro

Description:

Romeo and Juliet, a masterpiece ballet choreographed by Christian Spook, Zurich Ballet & conducted by Mikhail Jurowski, who has been the artistic director of the Zurich Ballet since the 2012/13 season. This production was Spook’s first choreography in Zurich in 2012. Romeo and Juliet is a ballet adaptation of a play written over 400 years ago by Shakespeare, and is a masterpiece with beautiful and sensitive music by Prokofiev. Christian Spouk’s stage is simple, with no ornate decorations, and depicts the detailed emotions of human beings. William Moore as Romeo stands out with his impressive curly hair and charming dancing that will make anyone fall in love with him. Katya Wnsche as Juliet beautifully portrays the delicacy of adolescence and rebellion against her parents. Juliet wears a transparent white dress and her long hair is pulled back like a schoolgirl’s, em