Reinvigorating an old tale: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’

February 11-15, 2021.
Vimeo.com, via pacificnorthwestballet.org.Romeo and Juliet is an infamous play known across the English speaking-world: read in high schools, performed across stages, dissected in literary scholarship. Its central element of love battling hate is a timeless and universal theme. Yet, might parts of it not speak to a world radically different than that of when it was written? How can we present it in a way that truly speaks to 21st century audiences?
Roméo et Juliette,