"Loyalty, honor, violence, haste — those words were really important to me when we started and where dance is concerned, they are all really fun to explore," says Fitzpatrick. "We started there and we started picking out moments as a company."
The diversity of themes in the show, which is loosely set in a "timeless" Verona with gothic stylization, lends itself to a large variety of dance techniques, including hip hop and aerial silks.
Last year, the company trained with aerial silks expert Jessica Johnson, who joined the company this year. Fitzpatrick says audiences can look forward to some stunning numbers featuring aerial work, including pieces choreographed on new aerial silk apparati.
The show may be dance-based, but plenty of Shakespeare's language remains, thanks to the specially created roles of the nurse, Lady Capulet and Friar Lawrence, played by theater veterans Matthew Johnson, Dara Tiller and Shayne Brakefield, respectively, with Wes Nelson playing the nurse in Saturday night's performance."
Candace Chaney - Herald Leader
The diversity of themes in the show, which is loosely set in a "timeless" Verona with gothic stylization, lends itself to a large variety of dance techniques, including hip hop and aerial silks.
Last year, the company trained with aerial silks expert Jessica Johnson, who joined the company this year. Fitzpatrick says audiences can look forward to some stunning numbers featuring aerial work, including pieces choreographed on new aerial silk apparati.
The show may be dance-based, but plenty of Shakespeare's language remains, thanks to the specially created roles of the nurse, Lady Capulet and Friar Lawrence, played by theater veterans Matthew Johnson, Dara Tiller and Shayne Brakefield, respectively, with Wes Nelson playing the nurse in Saturday night's performance."
Candace Chaney - Herald Leader
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed By Jenny Fitzpatrick
Lighting Design - Tom Willis
