The National Ballet of Canada's performance of Romeo and Juliet debuted to a sold-out audience at Sadler's Wells Theatre and launched the company's first performance in London, England in 26 years.
Featuring principal dancer Guillaume Côté (read our interview him
here) and his real life wife Heather Ogden, the Toronto-based production received praise from some of London's major publications.
The Guardian said, "[Choreographer Alexei] Ratmansky's version is rich in dramatic and choreographic insights... Juliet (a light, bright Heather Ogden) is all recklessly fast footwork and wheeling jumps. Romeo (faultlessly danced by Guillaume Côté) has a poet's sensibility that registers in the airy drift of his arms and upper body."
"The National Ballet of Canada move with bright footwork and easy upper bodies: this is a lively, confident company," wrote The Independent.
The Times continued, "Ratmansky’s Prokofiev staging, made in Toronto to mark the company’s 60th anniversary in 2011, is a fresh take… his imagination and invention cast Prokofiev's score in an entirely unexpected and welcome new light--a remarkable achievement."
Read more of the insights
here.
Original Source: The Guardian