Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
by Paul Czinner
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Actor: David Blair (VI), Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf NureyevDirector: Paul Czinner
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 124 minutes
Release Date: 1991-08-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Kultur Video
Studio: Kultur Video
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Movie Review: Silly reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been looking over the multiple silly reviews of this DVD. The fact is that Dame Margot and Nureyev were among the greatest dancers of the past century, they have both sinced passed away, and this so very moving performance of one of Prokofiev's most masterful and human scores is what we are left with. I saw them do it more than once at the Met (Royal Ballet visits) while I was a student at Juilliard, and it was a life changing event. Dame Margot seems a 14 year old in gesture despite the 40+ year old face. If that is hard to see, please look deeper.
So, forget that it is NOT the Chicago Symphony, it is NOT a modern videotaping. I don't focus on unimportant flaws while listening to Cortot play Schumann! Let us thank God for great Art...
Summary of Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)
It's not a stretch to call Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn the most sublime of all dance partners and Sergei Prokofiev the most gifted 20th-century ballet composer. And so it goes without saying that the 1966 film version of the Royal Ballet production of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet featuring Nureyev and Fonteyn as the star-crossed lovers is an absolute must-have for anyone who cares a whit about the art. Director Paul Czinner has made all the right moves, alternating between full shots of the performers with long shots that accentuate how Kenneth MacMillan's fastidious choreography is inexorably linked to the characters, their story, the elaborate sets, and the viewer. Nicholas Georgiadis's costumes are sumptuous without being overdone, the supporting dancers and ensemble are as exquisite as the leads, and John Lanchbery conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House with just the right mixture of joviality and tragedy that Prokofiev's classic score needs but doesn't always receive. --Kevin FilipskiMusicals & Performing Arts VHS Video
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