Slog - Comments on Roméo et Juliette http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette You have five more chances to see Pacific Northwest Ballet's Roméo et Juliette, a West Coast premiere of the mid-nineties production by Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot. I don't recommend Saturday at 2 pm, because you should be caucusing at that hour--that leaves four performances. Dépêche-toi! Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is perhaps his least verbal tragedy. There are iconic speeches, but many come off as slightly frivolous ("Wherefore art thou Romeo?") or even self-mocking ("Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!/O any thing, of nothing first create!/O heavy lightness! serious vanity!/Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!/Feather of... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:42:45 -0800 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:32:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by yikes saw it. it blew!

]]> yikes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928275 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:50:54 -0800 Comment by genevieve I'm going tonight. I haven't been motivated to shell out the big bucks for PMB in over a decade, but everything I've seen/heard about this production (save the above comment) indicates the show is amazing. Kudos to Peter Boal for making PNB vital and relevant again!

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928304 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928304 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:58:40 -0800 Comment by S. M. "Tu te dépêches"

but

"Dépêche-toi."

French is hard. Not even French people can spell it.

]]> S. M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928648 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928648 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:19:43 -0800 Comment by CCSea Don't forget-- the score by Prokofiev is one of the great ballet scores of all time. It's worth it just for the music.

(I'm going tonight, so I can't comment on the performance.)

]]> CCSea http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928907 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:38:50 -0800 Comment by CCSea Don't forget-- the score by Prokofiev is one of the great ballet scores of all time. It's worth it just for the music.

(I'm going tonight, so I can't comment on the performance.)

]]> CCSea http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928909 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:38:55 -0800 Comment by annie @2: Thanks! Fixed.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c928925 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:43:53 -0800 Comment by gin? yes, please. i'd see anything lucien postlewaite is dancing in. god that boy is yummy.

]]> gin? yes, please. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929256 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929256 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:46:54 -0800 Comment by Gary Geez, Annie – Can’t you say something nice about a performer without having to diss another one, particularly when you admittedly HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN the other performer? I’m glad you loved Ariana Lallone as Lady Capulet, but why do you need to go out of your way to tell readers to AVOID the performances featuring another dancer in the role? Unlike you, I have seen both Ariana and Louise Nadeau in the role, and I think they’re equally strong; Granted, I’m the pr guy for PNB, so of course you can’t trust me as far as you can throw me, but most of the dance critics attended opening night and saw Louise as Lady Capulet, and she got several good mentions, so I’m not alone. Would it have killed you to have just praised the performer you saw and leave it at that?

]]> Gary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929685 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:30:24 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle Enjoyed it. Reveiwed it. Would recommend it.

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/romeo_et_juliette#c929710 Arts Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:32:07 -0800