If you let the steps do the talking, it works. Live on Monday 14 February 2022 (Encore on Sunday 20 February 2022). ‘I had watched every single show since joining the Company, so when it came to actually doing it, I guess I knew it.’ But he recognises that much of his success with the ballet is down to Kenneth MacMillan’s amazing choreography: ‘The man was a genius. It didn’t take long for him to debut in that role: ‘The next day Johan Kobborg hurt himself, so that’s when my chance appeared’.įor McRae, Romeo was not just a turning point in his life and career, but also a role he feels he has made his own. Can you come and do it?"' He accepted instantly.ĭespite having never danced with the ballerina, and arriving at the theatre with just under an hour to spare before curtain call, his performance was so well received that, upon his return to London, he was asked to understudy the part of Romeo. ‘She said: "I’m in Paris, and I’ve just done Don Quixote, but I have to do it again tomorrow, and my partner just hurt himself. Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest.
‘I was at home on a Saturday evening and at midnight I got this phone call from Roberta Marquez,’ McRae recalls of his early years as a Soloist at the Company. Pavel Sorokin, Sergei Prokofiev, Matthew Ball, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Yasmine Naghdi: Language: English: Number Of Discs: 1: Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping.
But if there is one role he confesses is ‘in my blood and in my bones’, it’s the title character of Romeo and Juliet, which the ballet star learnt and first performed on very short notice. Whether cast as the love-struck Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake or the tap dancing Mad Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Sydney-born dancer raises up to and excels in every challenge. The Royal Ballet Principal talks in detail about his love for MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet.Īward-winning and internationally-acclaimed Royal Ballet Principal Steven McRae, is a delightfully versatile performer.
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