Prokofiev Romeo & Julliet Dance of the Knights: Actual Ballet

[mrcreosote]

The drama of this work is monumental - so I was anxious to see what the ballet looked like.

Wow...

What a monumental disappointment.

The scene was a ball where the knights were dancing with the ladies - it was totally boring and uneventful.

I expected to see something epic.

[iansinclair]

So the obvious question is -- which company did you see doing it, and who was the choreographer?  It can make a huge difference!  I can think of no more than half a dozen ballet companies who are capable of doing a decent job on Romeo and Juliet.  Two or three in the US.  One in Canada.  One or two in the UK (on a good night).  Maybe one in Scandinavia.

And that's it.

[dcstudio]

The drama of this work is monumental - so I was anxious to see what the ballet looked like.

Wow...

What a monumental disappointment.

The scene was a ball where the knights were dancing with the ladies - it was totally boring and uneventful.

I expected to see something epic.

 
Did u see the whole thing or just a video of the scene your are describing

[indianajo]

yes, thumbs down on that choreographer or company: who was it?
I've even seen boring versions of Nutcracker; it is possible to turn great music into treacle.
They just played Dance of the Knights on WFMT radio service, one of Prokofiev's better efforts.
I saw some 12 year olds choreograph cool routines for themselves and one partner on Fox network Monday night. There is talent out there, just somebody needs to put some money behind it for costumes and get it videoed.  Maybe you?

[mrcreosote]

I watched was was available on youtube and there weren't many.

This is the one that I truly hated:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDHc40aT_AY

Let me elaborate:  It starts with men line dancing which I would have been embarrassed to perform.  Entirely too much narcissism and not enough pride.  And then he women come on to the stage and some "courtship" (I don't know what to call it) ensues for a while and them they finally dance.

To me, while not a waltz, I would envision extravagantly twirling couples at the heights of passion - imagine over the top mad vampire lust if you will.

And NEVER two steps to a beat!  The music is dramatic and big and big is slow.  No 2-steps here folks.

At least that's the way I see it.  If I was the Producer, I'd have HEADS... "Bring me their Heads!!!!"