A film of the Paris Opera Ballet performing Romeo and Juliet is the next in the series of films of live ballet performances to be screened in Australian cinemas.
This version of the ballet is new to Australians, having been choreographed by the German choreographer, Sasha Waltz. Some may remember Waltz from the 2009 Melbourne Festival, when she brought her own company to perform her Medea and Korper, which were admired by critics and audiences alike.
Waltz’s is a dramatic and stylish version, choreographed to Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Dramatique, complete with opera chorus. Three solo singers and the chorus share the stage with the dancers. The doomed lovers are performed by Paris Opera Ballet etoiles Aurelie Dupont and Herve Moreau and the production is filmed in 3D at the Palais Garnier in Paris, allowing viewers to get in close.
This is an opportunity to see the renown Paris Opera Ballet as well as the Opera in one fascinating performance.
Participating cinemas will screen Roméo et Juliette on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June (encore screenings at selected cinemas). (See list below.)
Melbourne
Cinema Nova
Village Rivoli Cinemas
Palace Dendy Brighton
Sydney
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne
Dendy Opera Quays
Riverside Theatres Parramatta
Adelaide
Palace Nova Eastend
Brisbane
Dendy Portside
Palace Centro
Canberra
Dendy Canberra
Perth
Windsor Cinemas, Nedlands
Devonport
CMAX Devonport
Bairnsdale
Sun Theatre
Castlemaine
Theatre Royal
Maroochydore
BCC Maroochydore
Narooma
Narooma Theatre
Raymond Terrace
Scotty’s Cinema Centre
Temora
Town Hall Theatre
Ulladulla
Arcadia Twin Cinema
Next up in the season is ‘Raymonda’, on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 July (encore screenings at select cinemas)