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Romeo and Juliet as bickering 40-year-olds: how dance is reimagining the lovers by Lyndsey Winship

The lovers are back " as jaded fortysomethings fighting over chores in Ben Duke's production, and as lust-crazed teens in Matthew Bourne's Matthew Bourne never fancied remaking Romeo and Juliet. "I resisted it for such a long time," says the choreographer. "I thought it was overdone " not just in dance, but in every medium. I thought it was impossible to come up with something different."He's right that Shakespeare's…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM on May 13, 2019

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