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Andy Orin, Margaret Wood Mari Suzuki, Nikki Saucedo

Andy Orin, Margaret Wood Mari Suzuki, Nikki Saucedo. IHUM 51: Transformations. 3 December 2003. Origins of Romeo & Juliet. First published in 1597 Arthur Brooke first brought the story of Romeus and Juliet to English (1562) Many plot points directly from Brooke

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Andy Orin, Margaret Wood Mari Suzuki, Nikki Saucedo

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  1. Andy Orin, Margaret Wood Mari Suzuki, Nikki Saucedo IHUM 51: Transformations 3 December 2003

  2. Origins of Romeo & Juliet • First published in 1597 • Arthur Brooke first brought the story of Romeus and Juliet to English (1562) • Many plot points directly from Brooke • Pyramus and Thisbe (Greek Mythology)

  3. Music Transformations of Romeo & Juliet: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture Source: inkpot.com/classical/people/ tchaikovsky.jpg

  4. depicts Friar Lawrence Quiet chorale with clarinets and bassoons Slow and calm Minor chords forebode trouble Introduction Tchaikovsky’s of Romeo & Juliet: Audio CD Windows Media Player MusicMatch

  5. The “Fight” Tchaikovsky’s of Romeo & Juliet: • Feud between Capulets and Montagues • Represents clashing swords • broken up, fast-moving notes • Sharp accents Source: www.celebhost.net/tonyrusso/pic4.jpg

  6. English horn and violas commence Woodwinds and strings in near unison Passionate, dark color (D-flat major) Love Theme Tchaikovsky’s of Romeo & Juliet: Source: www.theatrehistory.com/british/ romeoandjuliet.jpg

  7. Funeral march Recapitulation dissonance Prominent low notes Sharp finalizing notes Finale Tchaikovsky’s of Romeo & Juliet: Source: www.augustaballet.org/Pages/ Photo%20History.html

  8. Transformations of Romeo & Juliet: Ballet • 1811-Denmark, Romeo og Giulietta • 1940-Russia, choreography by Lavrovsky and music by Sergei Prokofiev • 1979-Bolshoi, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich and music by Sergei Prokofiev

  9. Ballet as an artistic medium • use of pantomime and dance • enhancement of emotion -LOVE • choreographic motives • specific scenes --introduction of Juliet --balcony sequence --death sequence

  10. Transformations of Romeo & Juliet: Film • First released on November 1, 1996 • Produced by Baz Luhrmann • Retains Shakespeare’s original plot • Some text has been cut, but nothing has been added (1/3 of the dialogue)

  11. Luhrmann’s Version • Is no longer a 15th century drama • Transposed to modern day Verona Beach • Downtown LA-style cityscape, a run-down, half-derelict urban setting • Maintains the divisions of Montague and Capulet (families become corporations) • Dialogue remains faithful to the text in many respects (Elizabethan dialogue) • Doublets and hoses now become retro-seventies costumes (Romeo’s Hawaiian shirts, Tybalt’s leather pants, etc.) • Instead of swords, characters, carry 9mm automatics emblazoned with brand names such as “sword” or “rapier”

  12. Luhrmann’s Version • Montagues and Capulets ride around in low-rider gang cars (gang-like appeal) • Television used as major mode of communication (Newscasters=Chorus) • Giant skyscrapers • Utilizes items that may have been rather risque for original setting (Mercutio in drag) • Drugs are a technicality (ecstasy pill) • Clear distinction of race (Mercutio is black, Montagues are Hispanic, Capulets are Caucasian

  13. Luhrmann’s Version • Rap music • Religion plays an important role (Juliet’s statues, Christ status in Verona Beach, Montague and Capulet’s guns) • May resemble an actual performance of a Shakespeare play (camera angles) • Modern day setting dilutes the tragedy

  14. Transformations of Romeo & Juliet: Painting • Frederic Lord Leighton,1853-55

  15. Sources Tchaikovsky inkpot.com/classical/people/ tchaikovsky.jpg “Parry” www.celebhost.net/tonyrusso/pic4.jpg www.augustaballet.org/Pages/ Photo%20History.html www.pittsburghsymphony.org/education/supplements/suppmaterials www.andrews.edu/~mack/pnotes/oct1301.html www.billingssymphony.org/notes/sept.html www.barbwired.com/barbweb/programs/tchaikovsky_romeo.html www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/program_03-06-18.html www.cso.org/pye_program_notes_2004_week6.taf www.theatrehistory.com/british/ romeoandjuliet.jpg Bolshoi at the Bolshoi: Romeo and Juliet. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Revised choreography by Yuri Grigorovich. Featuring Irek Mukhamedov and Natalya Bessmertnova. Spectacor, 1989. Center Stage. Written by Carol Heikkinen. Produced by Laurence Mark. Directed by Nicholas Hynter. Columbia Pictures, 2000. Howard, Camille Cole. The Staging of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as a Ballet. San Francisco: Mellen Research University Press, 1992. Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1993.

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