Romeo and Juliet

About the Production

Stunningly beautiful, Ballet Austin’s Romeo & Juliet features exquisite costumes layered with Prokofiev’s majestic score and a set illuminated by an Italianate tapestry of stained-glass colors. A spectacle that speaks to heart, mind, and soul. A timeless and unforgettable tale of young love is given new life in Ballet Austin’s original interpretation of this Shakespearian classic. Passion and pathos come alive in Artistic Director Stephen Mills’ choreography–sometimes lush, sometimes tender, always explosive.

CHOREOGRAPHY: Stephen Mills | MUSIC: Sergei Prokofiev

What Critics are Saying...

Director Stephen Mills, whose ‘Hamlet’ was a highlight of 2000, did it again: he took a classic ballet and recrafted it into a fresh, clean, contemporary ballet distinguished by elegance, strength and drama. Oh, yes—and it was simply gorgeous.

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

Austin American-Statesman

Passion and pathos come alive in Artistic Director Stephen Mills’ choreography – sometimes lush, sometimes tender, always explosive. A spectacle that speaks to heart, mind, and soul.

Austin Culture Map

Mills’ keen understanding of the dramatic and skill in crafting expressive movement combined to articulate the range and depth of emotion we associate with Shakespeare’s text. We could see the frisky flirtatiousness of youth in group dances with an ever-changing roundelay of partners, the dancers’ feet repeatedly breaking free of the earth, their bodies hovering proudly in space.

Robert Faires

The Austin Chronicle

Licensing Information

For information about licensing this production, contact us or view the Technical Specifications.

Paul Michael Bloodgood
Creative Brand Producer & Licensing Manager
512-423-4509
paul.bloodgood@balletaustin.org

Bill Sheffield
Production Director
512.476.9151, ext. 113
bill.sheffield@balletaustin.org

Technical Specifications

Item	Minimum Requirements
Stage size	40 X 40 (last lineset)
Grid height	80 feet
Wing space	20 feet per side
Upstage area	10 feet
Working linesets	35
Stage floors	The stage floor must be resilient wood; the floor cannot be concrete or wood directly over concrete; if the surface is concrete, the Presenter must provide a professional dance sub-floor that must cover stage area from wall to wall. The surface must have any traps leveled, holes plugged, and no protruding nails or screws. The stage floor or sub-floor must be covered with a black, Marley-style dance floor.
Soft goods provided by house	Full set of black legs and border, white rp, grey rp, one full-stage black panel, two black scrims
Recorded or live music	Recorded music or live orchestra
Lighting	The Presenter shall furnish the company a complete inventory of house lighting equipment. The Company shall endeavor to work within the house instrumentation but any necessary rentals shall be at presenter’s cost. There should also be enough cable, side arms, C-clamps and color frames to sufficiently hang the lighting plot.
Audio	One house speaker system–center cluster and/or house left and right speakers; two to four backstage monitor speaker; one announce-quality microphone, separately controlled; one headset communication system, with seven stations and operable headsets; and one paging system to dressing rooms.
Power	Standard
Typical set-up schedule	Day 1: Hang electrics and goods; Day 2: Focus/finish set up; Day 3: Cueing/dancers rehearse
Personnel	On TD, LD Optional
Shipping	One semi