Romeo & Juliet
by Carlos Acosta
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Actor: Carlos Acosta, Tamara RojoDirector: Carlos Acosta
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
Published: 2011-10-24
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Decca
Movie Reviews of Romeo & Juliet
Movie Review: Another Great Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the original version with Fonteyn & Nureyev, the version with Eagling and Ferri, the LaScalla version with Corella & Ferri and now this one.
I have to say I've never been able to deal with a 46 year old woman playing Juliet so that lets out the Fonteyn version. Not to mention the fact that MacMillan made changes to his original choreography (which had been made on Gable & Seymour) to accomodate those two "stars".
I like the Eagling/Ferri version because at the time Ferri was so close in age to Juliet but Eagling was not the world's greatest dancer.
In the LaScala version I do not like the production at all and find the company quite lacking compared to the two stars.
This performance has it ALL. It is a lovely production with a good supporting company and Acosta and Rojo are well matched in their wonderful dancing and acting skills. See it live, see it on DVD, there is just no way around it, the soaring, dramatic music and the choreography that fits it so well, combine to pull you in and by the end you are totally wiped out. And you can see that in Acosta and Rojo when they take their bows - it seems hard for them to come back into the "real" world.
On the newest Manon DVD I enjoyed the special feature "Dancing Manon" and I really wish the company had done a similar feature for this one too.
This version will be the gold standard for a long time, I think.
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