Ballet

The Ballets de Monte-Carlo – "Roméo et Juliette" by Jean-Christophe Maillot

Dance is in the spotlight this summer with Jean-Christophe Maillot's "Roméo et Juliette" ("Romeo and Juliet") on 28, 29 and 30 July at the Salle Opéra Garnier in Monte-Carlo

Based on the assumption that everyone is familiar with Romeo and Juliet, Jean-Christophe Maillot has taken a choreographic approach that avoids paraphrasing Shakespeare's literary masterpiece, which speaks for itself.

Rather than retrace the rift between the Capulets and Montagues to its tragic denouement, the choreographer rewrites the play from an original perspective. The ballet plunges us into the depths of Friar Laurence's soul, a man whose good intentions ultimately provoke the demise of the two lovers.

Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo and Juliet is told through the flashbacks experienced by this distraught man of the cloth as he reflects on how this tragic end came to be. This basic concept offers substantial insight into the choreographer's sensitivity, interpreting Romeo and Juliet not as a social conflict or clan warfare governed by a strict code of honour, but on the contrary, as a tale of accidental tragedy that leads to the death of two young people more concerned with the path of love than of hatred.

Further information:

http://www.balletsdemontecarlo.com/