Dance Umbrella 2008: 30 September - 8 November

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Mark Morris Dance Group (USA)
Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs Of Shakespeare

Wed 5 – Sat 8 November, 7.45pm
Sat 8 November, 2.30pm
Barbican Theatre

Mark Morris returns to the Barbican with a new production of Romeo and Juliet set to the original version of Sergey Prokofiev's score, performed live by the London Symphony Orchestra.

With a radically different ending to that of today's well-known version, the score has never before been performed as the composer originally intended. This work, an exciting collaboration between Mark Morris, the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Stefan Asbury, marks a truly historic moment in dance and music.

EUROPEAN PREMIERE

'Mark Morris is the cleverest, most inventive choreographer working in dance today.'
THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Part of barbicanbite08

Sergey Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare, Op. 64, restored by Simon Morrison, is performed with permission of the Prokofiev Estate and G. Schirmer Inc. Source materials provided by the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.

A Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College/Mark Morris Dance Group production in association with barbicanbite08, London; Cal Performances, Berkeley; Harris Theater, Chicago; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; and Virginia Arts Festival.

Supported by:

Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust for Mark Morris Dance Group residency

for the American Masters series

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