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Mid of ballet dancers rehearsing Romeo \u0026amp;amp; Juliet in ballet studio2. Mid of Nacho Duato, modern ballet dancer and choreographer3. Close up of points4. Wide of dancers rehearsing, Nacho...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSaint-Petersburg, Russia - December 10, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of ballet dancers rehearsing Romeo \u0026amp;amp; Juliet in ballet studio\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Nacho Duato, modern ballet dancer and choreographer\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close up of points\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of dancers rehearsing, Nacho Duato watching\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nacho Duato, modern ballet dancer and choreographer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What interest me about this, and what I think Shakespeare wanted to say is not this love between two teenagers, you know, or two families quarrelling and getting together. I think what he wanted to say is that love is bigger than hate and love can destroy walls of hate. And this is what I like about this story. \"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up of sign in Russian and English saying \"ballet studio\" , pan to interior ballet studio\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of ballet dancer warming up\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid pan of Nacho Duato watching ballet dancers rehearsing\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Nacho Duato's colleague working with ballet dancers\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of ballet dancers rehearsing\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up of Nacho Duato watching rehearsal, zoom out, pan Nacho Duato standing up and going towards ballet dancers\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Nacho Duato, modern ballet dancer and choreographer:\u003cbr/\u003e'Why I like to do this ballet is not so much for the story, but for the music. Always my first source of inspiration is music. And I think this is one of the most beautiful scores written for ballet. But I mean, most of the ballets are about love, you know, from \"Sleeping Beauty\" to 'Romeo and Juliet\" or \"Giselle\", is all like that. It's all about love and death.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide pan of ballet dancers rehearsing, pan from reflection in mirror to ballet studio\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of Marat Shemiunov, prime dancer in Mikhailovsky Theatre, warming up\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of Nacho Duato and his colleagues having break\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marat Shemiunov, Dancer in Mikhailovsky Theatre:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Of course, he has a special delicate, impressive style and outstanding individuality as the artist and choreographer. Now, I hope, that maybe not fully, but we already have his delicate actions and style. Yes, I think in most things we have already switched into his choreography.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of Mikhailovsky Theatre museum \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close up of pointes (ballet shoes)\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of performance dresses\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of Marina Kortunova, theatre critic, observing photos\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close up of photo showing Romeo and Juliet performance\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Marina Kortunova, theatre critic\u003cbr/\u003e\"It (the music) was innovative for that time with no doubt. Because even those who had to dance it were seeing it as impossible (to dance). It was discussed in lobbies of  theatres which were rehearsing the premiere of Romeo and Juliet. I don't know if everybody sees it as the classical one. And I don't know if one should say that it (music) is wonderful for nowadays, but that it keeps some real philosophical depths which directly apply to  Shakespeare is for sure, with no doubt.\" \u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of rehearsal in ballet studio\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of ballet dancing rehearsing fight\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of the same\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of women, ballet dancing, repeating actions of fight and laughing \u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of women, ballet dancers in ballet studio\u003cbr/\u003e28. Close up of Nacho Duato explaining mistakes\u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE (English) Nacho Duato, modern ballet dancer and choreographer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think, you know, it is very easy to tell the story with this score because Prokofyev made it so clear already in the music, you can't go wrong. I mean when Juliet comes and (singing melody) is Juliet, you can't put anything else. The music is telling you a story. You just follow every postcard because I see it like postcards, they are little parts. When the father and the mother come in the Capulet. can't be any other thing, you know. The ball is the ball, you know, you can't be go wrong really.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of interior Mikhailovsky Theatre performance hall, workers on stage setting up decorations\u003cbr/\u003e31. Close up of lamp \u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid pan of ceiling in performance hall\u003cbr/\u003e33. Close up of lamps\u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid of royal  box\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of performance hall\u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of chairs\u003cbr/\u003e37. Wide of exterior Mikhailovsky Theatre  \u003cbr/\u003e38. Mid of playbill announcing Romeo and Juliet premiere on December 13, 14, 15 and 16\u003cbr/\u003eThe winter cultural season in St. Petersburg wouldn't be complete without ballet. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd this year dance fans can look forward to a classic..... ' Romeo and Juliet'.\u003cbr/\u003eThe premiere of the ballet staged by Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato, is scheduled for December 13.\u003cbr/\u003eJust days before the premiere of Shakespeare's classic love story,  the dancers of Mikhailovsky Theatre are rehearsing the most difficult parts of the ballet again and again. \u003cbr/\u003eNacho Duato, Spanish modern dancer and choreographer, explains their mistakes and helps to make the movements perfect.\u003cbr/\u003eHis new version of Shakespeare's Romeo \u0026amp;amp; Juliet ballet is one of the most anticipated in the city this year. \u003cbr/\u003eFifteen years ago he staged the ballet for the National Ballet of Spain. \u003cbr/\u003eFor this production all the costumes and decorations are new and he has twice the number of dancers than before.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 1998 there were just 30 dancers were on stage. Now there are 65. \u003cbr/\u003eDuato says the new ballet is very dynamic.\u003cbr/\u003e\"What interest me about this, and what I think (William) Shakespeare wanted to say is not this love between two teenagers, you know, or two families quarrelling and getting together. I think what he wanted to say is that love is bigger than hate and love can destroy walls of hate. And this is what I like about this story. \"\u003cbr/\u003eHe says the music score by Sergey Prokofyev is very special. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Why I like to do this ballet is not so much for the story, but for the music. Always my first source of inspiration is music. And I think this is one of the most beautiful scores written for ballet. But I mean, most of the ballets are about love, you know, from \"Sleeping beauty\" to 'Romeo and Juliet\" or \"Giselle\", is all like that. All about love and death.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDancer Marat Shemiunov has already danced the role of Romeo's father in another production. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says the previous versions of Romeo \u0026amp;amp; Juliet are very classical and perfectly reflect the choreography of the 20th century. \u003cbr/\u003eHe is happy that Nacho Duato is staging a modern version of the ballet.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Of course, he has a special delicate, impressive style and outstanding individuality as the artist and choreographer. Now, I hope, that maybe not fully, but we already have his delicate actions and style. Yes, I think in most things we have already switched into his choreography.\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eTheatre critic Marina Kortunova says  Prokofyev' s music has always been seen as challenging one to stage. \u003cbr/\u003e \"It (the music) was innovative for that time with no doubt. Because even those who had to dance it were seeing it as impossible (to dance). 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