Dance… its not just for girls

November 11th, 2008

After another hectic week at Classical Partners, we took a group to see Mark Morris’ production of Romeo and Juliet at The Barbican. It was fantastic and with a happy ending although I was not sure if the star crossed lovers’ love for each other lived on in the heavens or if they really did zoom back to Verona to live happily ever after and the two warring families made up.

The music was Prokofiev’s original score which was originally rejected and rewritten to the now famous score. Yes it was more repetative but personally I do not find that a bad thing when the repeated parts are so beautiful and allow Mark Morris’ choreography to take flight. It has to be said that the stand out dance performance came from Amber Darragh as Mercuitio, both Romeo and Juliet were weak by comparison but perhaps that is what Mr Morris intended for the young lovers. All in all though it was a fabulous evening. I left uplifted.

But what is it about men that so few of them want to go to ballet? Maybe they find the beautiful scantilly clad women a bit threatening? I can get men to go to concerts and the opera but it is always a struggle to get them to the ballet. This time the men that did attend had a real treat those that didn’t missed out.

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