Within the literary genre, William Shakespeare's capacity for complexity of plot plus characterisation via dialogical detail is unsurpassed. The translation of a famed bardic play into ballet is a dramaturgical and choreographic challenge. Sir Kenneth MacMillan was commissioned by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1964 to create this balletic Romeo and Juliet. In the absence of […]
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:32PM on August 30, 2019