I hope it does, too! It would definitely be fun for more people to be able to see it.
Yeah, I think it would be a lot more challenging for ballet to convey the Fortinbras element, lol. (Even R&G's Death By Voyage To England had to be VERY vibes-only.)
They were definitely leaning in on Gertrude/Hamlet and I think arguably on Ophelia/Laertes -- we had some discussion afterwards about whether that was really intentional incest vibes, or whether some of that is just inevitable in a pas de deux. What I was struck by particularly though is how Ophelia and Laertes abruptly stop their pas de deux and jump to stand stiffly side by side when Polonius enters.
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Date: 2025-03-03 01:18 am (UTC)Yeah, I think it would be a lot more challenging for ballet to convey the Fortinbras element, lol. (Even R&G's Death By Voyage To England had to be VERY vibes-only.)
They were definitely leaning in on Gertrude/Hamlet and I think arguably on Ophelia/Laertes -- we had some discussion afterwards about whether that was really intentional incest vibes, or whether some of that is just inevitable in a pas de deux. What I was struck by particularly though is how Ophelia and Laertes abruptly stop their pas de deux and jump to stand stiffly side by side when Polonius enters.