Maribor Ballet, Romeo and Juliet

Program and cast

Maribor Ballet
Valentina Turcu, Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
(rain day: July 14)

The charismatic dancers of the Ballet Ensemble of the Slovenian National Theater in Maribor can be seen again in the Romeo and Juliet ballet choreographed by Valentina Turcu in the summer of 2023 after their highly successful performance on Margaret Island.

Tamás Darai in the role of Romeo

Director: Valentina Turcu

The ballet arrangement presents a portrait of eternal love sacrificed due to a hostile environment and destructive relationships. The work evokes the iconography of Renaissance painting and architecture, yet includes the contemporary reality of longing for eternal love.

The "hunger" of life and the new experience of love - sensuality, cruelty and passion - are at the center of the insoluble dramatic conflict that leads to the tragic end of two young idealists. Juliet's realization before the inevitable fatal end appears as an inner journey through the deepest, shadowy regions of the soul as she commits herself to Truth and Love and ultimately unites with the Most High.