Ballet Review: Romeo and Juliet

The dramatic arc of the most famous love story in the Western literary canon is well known even to those who are not well-versed in literature and drama, but there is still much to learn from this work even for the literati, as we see in the Colorado Ballet’s brilliantly choreographed (Derek Deane) and staged (Ivan Gil-Ortega and Ugo Ranieri) production.

Against the background of young lovers star-crossed by the hostilities between their families, Deane has provided an elegant reminder of the playwright’s larger point that is generally lost in the personal tragedies of those closest to the action: Romeo and Juliet is not only an argument against arranged marriages, it is also a feminist’s portrait of Juliet’s struggle to break free from her society’s treatment of women.

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