LOVE TALE DANCES INTO THEATRE-GOERS’ HEARTS

BALLET lovers came out in their numbers last Friday night to witness one of William Shakespeare’s mostloved romantic tales,

being told through dance. The classic love story, which is on at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein until Sunday, has been celebrated and performed worldwide.

It is the kind of story that requires you to sit back and be enthralled.

is a powerful, tragic love story of two young lovers from rival noble families the Montagues and Capulets.

The Capulets do not want their daughter Juliet to marry an enemy’s child. However, in the end the deaths of the two (Juliet and Romeo) ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

The quarrel between the two families affects the citizens of Verona and Prince Escalus, the ruler, who attempts to prevent further conflict by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs peace.

The beauty of the story is that it is told through breathtaking movement and colourful stage sets.

The dancers present complicated, Romeo and Juliet Juliet, Romeo and

PHOTO: LAUGE SORENSEN – interwoven steps as they make their way into an imaginary ballroom, ducking and diving around each other as they do so. The fighting scenes are all dramatically choreographed with excellent timing. Introductory speeches from Shakespeare’s play set...