After five years of absence, the world-renowned New Adventure Dance Company returns to Guangzhou this summer. The latest masterpiece of the British master choreographer Matthew Bourne - the dance drama "Romeo and Juliet" will be performed at the Guangzhou Grand Theater from July 5th to 7th. staged.
The never-before-seen version of "Romeo and Juliet" is about to subvert the audience's imagination of Shakespeare's immortal classic!
"Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy with the strongest romantic lyricism among the works of the British playwright Shakespeare. Over the past 400 years since its publication, this popular love story has become the muse of countless artistic creators and has been adapted many times. It has been transformed into operas, symphonies, ballets, movies and television works, etc. It can be called the strongest love IP in history.
Matthew Bourne is known as one of the most popular and successful choreographers in the UK. He is the only phenomenal artist in the world to have won the Tony Award for "Best Choreography" and "Best Director" at the same time. Matthew Bourne is keen on adapting classics. He likes to add elements of drama and film into his choreography, turning dance into a narrative tool. He is also known as the dancer who is the best storyteller. With his unique dance style that combines ballet and Broadway and his constantly surprising and whimsical ideas, he has carved his own world in the British art world where there are many masters. Jin Xing, Han Zhen, Zhou Lia and many other Chinese choreographers Dancers have been inspired by him.
Created by Matthew Bourne, the dance drama "Romeo and Juliet" injects raw passion and youthful vitality into Shakespeare's timeless story of forbidden love. The play tells the story of two young lovers who are bound by a society that seeks division and must follow their hearts and risk everything to be together.
The story is set in the "near future", in a school called the Verona Correctional Institution. These young people are regarded as problematic teenagers in adult society, and they are considered to need to be disciplined and reformed. , so they were forced to live here and receive standardized education called "special education and treatment", that is, "correct behavior in the world." There are two gates behind the stage of the school, labeled "boys" and "girls" respectively. Men and women are strictly segregated, and they are prohibited from contacting and falling in love. In such a suffocating environment, Romeo and Juliet met and fell in love...
Matthew Bourne believes that "Romeo and Juliet" is completely different from his previous works. It is very passionate and very relevant to the present. , it tells the story of today's young people, and it is exciting to be able to connect with young people in the play. Like its world-renowned successful works such as "Swan Lake" and "Cinderella", this version of "Romeo and Juliet" continues its explosive narrative style and complex and smooth choreography style, presenting the love story between Romeo and Juliet in a vivid way. It is vivid and vivid, allowing the audience to see another possibility of interpreting the classics.
Text丨Reporter Ai Xiuyu
Picture丨Drama Party
