Romeo And Juliet [VHS]: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, The Royal Ballet, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron, Michael Somes, Paul Czinner: Amazon.co.uk: Video

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The greatest dance partnership ever in Prokofiev's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It is a ballet !, 5 Nov 2000

By	Jacques COULARDEAU "A soul doctor, so to say" (OLLIERGUES France) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

The music of this ballet is brilliant, delicate, extremely expressive and dramatic. Every moment in the show finds its strength and its emotion in the music itself. All the scenes where a crowd occupies the stage are enriched with popular dances, be it on the market place or during the ball at the Capulets. But we are waiting for the more intimate scenes with Romeo and Juliet and those scenes become dainty, light, but never joyful, because we feel under the surface the drama that is coming and will find its full expression in the vault at the end. The fight scenes on the other hand are first of all and above all sombre and dark, bleak and full of shadows, the shadows of our memory and of our inherited culture : we know that playing with such a fire is deadly, fatal and lethal, and the music is there to make that hellish fire of hatred burn anew and burn ablaze. But it is a ballet and The Royal Ballet of London makes a miracle with a gorgeous setting, with superb costumes, with delicate and light dancing, all the time. Naturally Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev are the stars, but stars in a sky very well staffed and packed with smaller stars, but stars all the same. And the gleaming light of the main stars is enhanced by the twinkling lights of the others. They do not dominate. They are carried to the top by the magic carpet of all the dancers that fly high and swift in the sky of the music. And this classical dancing is also enriched with the expressivity of every movement, of every bearing of the heads, of every look in the eyes, so much so that we do not even know where to start looking, watching, admiring and satiating our desire of beauty. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Paris Universities II and IX.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest performance of the greatest ballet, 10 Jun 2003

By	C. C. Williams - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

Make no mistake - this is the definitive interpretation of Kenneth MacMillan's choreography for Romeo and Juliet. Nureyev and Fonteyn are simply peerless and the supporting dancers are excellent as well - David Blair and (particularly) Anthony Dowell are brilliant as Mercutio and Benvolio and Desmond Doyle is pure evil as Tybalt. From staging and lighting to cinematography this is simply the most perfect filmed ballet you can buy. There is a minor criticism, however: Nureyev is so good that I've not seen a performance of Romeo subsequently that even comes close.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Romeo and Juliet Ballet., 20 April 2004

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This ballet was fantastic. I had never seen a ballet before and my boyfriend promised me that we would one day. So we did. This is the perfect ballet for a romantic night. The dancers were full of emotion and I will definately be watching it again!

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