DANCE AT MEGARON – THE BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE FROM MOSCOW
In collaboration with the Pathé Live
Recorded broadcast from Moscow
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
After William Shakespeare
Featuring the Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet
In Verona, Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love while their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy…
Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, stages the company’s premiere of his production with dramatic urgency and a fresh re-telling of Shakespeare’s beloved classic. His brilliant and detailed adaptation set to Prokofiev’s romantic and cinematic score, reignites the story of literature’s most celebrated star-crossed lovers like no other classical ballet choreographer today.