Product Details

• Actors: Opera National de Paris
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: TDK DVD Video
• DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AYL0O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,953 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ROMEO & JULIET (PROKOFIEV) - DVD Movie

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magic, June 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - Romeo & Juliet (DVD)

This documentary is one of a series and should be viewed before the DVD of the full ballet is seen. The performance by Manuel Legris as Romeo is wonderful and can be much more fully understood and appreciated after Nureyev's intentions and those of everyone involved in the ballet's creation are heard. Patricia Ruanne, one of his early Juliets who coaches the dancers, is particularly fascinating. A must have! My only gripe about this series is that although there is a marvellous DVD of the "Raymonda" documentary there is no accompanying DVD of the full ballet.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great documentary of the ballet, November 15, 2008

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Grace W. (NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - Romeo & Juliet (DVD)

I love the "Dancer's Dream" series of Paris Opera Ballet, especially this one and "Raymonda". I watched this documentary and bought the DVD of the full length ballet of POB. It helps me immensely understand and enjoy Nureyev's choreography. In my opinion, Nureyev's choreography conveys much more information of the characters, and matches Prokofiev's heavily modern style music more. In Nureyev's version, it's not only a sweet romantic love story as most people think. It's grander and much more dramatic. I personally found Nureyev's approach more faithful to Shakespeare's original work. And the dancers, Manuel Legris and Elisabeth Maurin, cannot be more perfect in the roles. I love watching dancers rehearsing in the studio as well as listening to them talking about their understanding of the roles and the ballet. Very informative.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, inspiring documentary, November 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dancer's Dream: The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev - Romeo & Juliet (DVD)

This wonderful DVD is a documentary on Rudolf Nureyev's 'Romeo and Juliet.' Nureyev, while mainly known as a dancer, clearly possessed the creativity of a genius when it came to conceiving, choreographing, and staging ballets. The Paris Opera Ballet is shown rehearsing 'Romeo and Juliet' for performances after Nureyev's death. I saw this documentary before seeing the full-length production of the same ballet, and it greatly enhanced my understanding and enjoyment. This DVD, as well as its companion, "Dancer's Dream - The Great Ballets of Rudolph Nureyev: Raymonda," should not be missed.