Romeo und Julia
Dance Performance
by Erna Ómarsdóttir
and Halla Ólafsdóttir
Based on the tragedy by William Shakespeare
Music by Sergej Prokofjew
Premieres November 22, 2018
Age recommendation: 17 years and above
115 Minuten, one interval after 55 minutes
Love itself had helped to write »Romeo and Juliet« – this was Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's comment on William Shakespeare's world-famous tragedy of love. But the choreographed premiere created by Icelandic choreographers Erna Ómarsdóttir and Halla Ólafsdóttir for the Gärtnerplatztheater has very little to do with amorous whisperings and tender declarations of love. Ómarsdóttir und Ólafsdóttir use the musical template of Sergei Prokoviev's famous ballet music as the basis for a completely new type of dance creation which tells its audience in often radical images a story of the essence of the different genders – of their mutual attraction, but also of their constant conflict. The fact that this brings explicit representations of violence and sexual symbolism to the stage is absolutely typical of the intense imagery used by these choreographers. We can promise you an evening of dance at a level of intensity that will leave no-one unmoved.
Cast
DANCE NEVER DIES
