Event | Romeo & Juliet | |||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC | |||||||||||||||||||
Umbrella Event | Melbourne Festival 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 29 October 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
Opening Date | 29 October 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 1 November 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
Description | There is no sunny Verona and there is no light from yonder window in this knockout adaptation from the brilliant French-Albanian choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj. In this radical version of Romeo and Juliet, we are plunged into a metal-gloved police state, where a crumbling wall separates a desperate underclass of Montagues from the oppressive rule of the Capulets. Here, clan rivalry has been replaced by class warfare, the balcony by a watchtower. But not even a world of oppression can keep our fated lovers apart. Gripping, sensual and breathlessly erotic, their love blazes with desire. Pa |
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Description Source | Brochure | |||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Dance | |||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Contemporary
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Love War |
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Text Nationality | France | |||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 100634 | |||||||||||||||||||
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