Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet op. 64 - Rudolf Nureyev - Margot Fonteyn - 1966 - Restored 2025 - 4K

Описание: 🎉🥂 - 🎄 Let the Festive Season Begin! - TEMPUS Collection – Original Edition and Interactive Creation – IP – All rights reserved - Sergei Prokofiev's ballet score for Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, which the composer worked on beginning in 1934 and which premiered in Brno in 1938, stands as a twentieth-century masterpiece. Prokofiev, who lived from 1891 to 1953, created a score celebrated for its dramatic power, melodic invention, and rhythmic vitality. The initial staging took place in Brno, located in the modern-day Czech Republic. The work initially faced significant compositional and theatrical challenges, including the dancers' finding the complex meters "undanceable." Crucially, Prokofiev first conceived the work with a controversial happy ending, but, due to artistic necessity and other factors, he later revised the finale, returning to the tragic, fatal fate of the two star-crossed lovers, thus aligning the ballet with Shakespeare's original play. The score masterfully captures the narrative's emotional breadth through leitmotifs—the soaring, deeply romantic melody for the lovers contrasting sharply with the menacing, percussive force of the iconic 'Dance of the Knights'—powerfully evoking the brutality and implacable nature of the Capulet-Montague feud.

🎥 The Iconic Nureyev-Fonteyn-MacMillan Production (1966)
The 1966 Royal Ballet film adaptation of Sir Kenneth MacMillan's staging, featuring Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn, remains a definitive benchmark for its psychological and dramatic intensity, captured by director Paul Czinner. In 1966, Nureyev was approximately 28 years old and Fonteyn was 47 years old, a nearly two-decade age gap that paradoxically fueled their unique chemistry. Nureyev was in his prime, characterized by athletic prowess, lightning leaps, and a magnetic stage presence that revolutionized the role of the male dancer. Fonteyn, though much older and having been expected to retire, brought an unparalleled maturity and fragile vulnerability to Juliet, her technical brilliance now imbued with profound emotional depth. The partnership revitalized her career, allowing MacMillan to craft passionate and virtuosic pas de deux that graphically express the lovers’ desperation and intimacy. For an educational program, this video is a primary text for studying the intersection of dance, drama, and score, particularly how their combined, contrasting physical capabilities created a compelling and ultimately tragic dramatic whole.

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