Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Romeo & Juliet Ballet

Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers, by William Shakespeare, to the music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a story about an age-old feud between two powerful families, Capulets and Montagues, erupting into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing the Capulet’s ball. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, Count Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple be married the following day by Friar Lorence. Romeo’s attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of his friend Mercutio and he kills Tybalt, Juliet’s own cousin, in revenge. Romeo is banished from Verona. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. When Juliet wakes and realizes his mistake, she follows him into death. The grieving families agree to end their feud.

Alex Ossadnik, a native of former East Germany was trained under government scholarship on the Palucca School in Dresden from 1979-1987. During his performing career he danced for companies in Weimar, Germany, Bordeaux, France, Nevada Dance Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre. He co-founded numerous companies, including Santa Fe Festival Ballet and Ballet Pro Musica. Not a stranger to Albuquerque’s dance scene, his work is known to be approachable and engaging for all audiences. While having choreographed for Festival Ballet Albuquerque several times, “Romeo and Juliet” is his first major collaboration to the iconic score by Sergei Prokofiev.

$14, $22, $30, $40 & $49 w/ $2 discount for seniors and children 10 years old and younger