THE GRACE of the ballet combines with Shakespearian tragedy when Peter Schaufuss Ballet perform celebrated love story Romeo and Juliet at Venue Cymru.
Originally created by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1955, this captivating production has been brought into the 21st century and given a fresh dimension by the Olivier award winning choreographer and director Peter Schaufuss.
Ashton’s Romeo and Juliet has graced the most important stages in the world including The New York Metropolitan Opera House in New York and London Coliseum, and was nominated for an Olivier Award.
The performance is renowned for being a unique production in many ways, not least for the way Ashton fused Shakespeare, Prokofiev’s music and the play’s characters into a ballet which reveals an intimacy between the performers and the audience.
This newly created version is a handsome modern staging of one of the world’s greatest titles, with original costumes designed by Peter Rice, new sets and creative lighting by Italian artist Luciano Melini.
Sir Frederick Ashton was the great artist and choreographer who co-founded Britain’s Royal Ballet.
He first staged Romeo and Juliet for The Royal Danish Ballet in 1955, and on his death in 1988 he bequeathed the work to Peter Schaufuss, the Danish dance legend whose unique virtuoso gifts and magnetic stage presence turned him into a global ballet superstar.
Today Schaufuss is revolutionising his chosen art form, presenting to the world the magic of classical ballet with a modern twist.
“I knew Sir Fred very well,” recalled Schaufuss. “He was, above all, a man of the moment and though I am ever mindful of my great responsibilities as appointed guardian of his masterpiece, Sir Fred would be deeply intrigued by a flash of 21st century attitude on a work created fifty five years ago.”
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Romeo and Juliet will be showing at Venue Cymru in Llandudno on Sunday, May 22. For more information or to book tickets contact the Box Office on 01492 872000 or visit the website at www.venuecymru.co.uk