In the short film 'And Juliet', Bolshoi principal dancer Svetlana Lunkina plays the role of Juliet from Prokofiev's famous ballet Romeo and Juliet. Using Leonid Lavrovsky's original choreography Lunkina performs the renowned Balcony scene ...See moreIn the short film 'And Juliet', Bolshoi principal dancer Svetlana Lunkina plays the role of Juliet from Prokofiev's famous ballet Romeo and Juliet. Using Leonid Lavrovsky's original choreography Lunkina performs the renowned Balcony scene but this time with an invisible partner. This pas de deux is now a solo and Juliet must mark her way through the dance. By tearing open the underlying intention of the movement, we watch this famous duet from Romeo and Juliet transform into a powerful monologue. Lunkina portrays Juliet as a determined survivor that continues with or without her man. This piece was filmed at the Winter Garden Theater in Toronto. Written by
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