Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet in Vancouver
byThe Royal Winnipeg Ballet is bringing the exquisite classical ballet, Romeo and Juliet, to a handful of Western Canadian cities this month including a stop in Vancouver.
Photo: Amanda Green, Liang Xiang. Credit: Réjean Brandt Photography.
Romeo and Juliet in Vancouver
This enduring tale of love, longing and loss is choreographed by Rudi van Dantzig and set to Prokofiev’s masterful score. The impeccable classical artistry of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet will bring to life Shakespeare’s beloved star-crossed romance on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
Performances will be January 30th, January 31st, and February 1st, 2014 at 8:00pm plus a 2:00pm matinee on February 1st. Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.
I have a pair of opening night tickets to give away as well, here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment with a quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. The winner will receive tickets for the opening night performance on January 30th. Follow the Royal Winnipeg Ballet on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
Update The winner is Stephanie!
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But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels,
are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push
Montague’s men from the wall, and thrust his maids
to the wall.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Sniff, sniff… so sad…
Would love to see this with my sister for our birthdays!
“My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.”
Did my heart love til now? Forswear it, sight! For I never saw true beauty till this night.
Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
If love be rough with you, be rough with love;
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.
“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.”
“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep; the more I give to thee
The more I have, for both are infinite”.
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
So romeo would, were he not romeo called retain that due perfection for which he owns.
Oh romeo! Doff thy name and for that name that is no part of thee take all myself.”
Committed to memory at an angst ridden 16
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand. To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
my gf would love to see this
“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?”
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
O Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
It is the east and Juliet is the sun.
“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.”
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
Romeo (1.4.13)
“When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
would love to win
good luck everyone
It is the east and Juliet is the sun
“When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
“When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.
The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
“A pack of blessings lights upon thy back”
Good night, goodnight. Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
It would be a great show to attend!
Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear
That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops—
“Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
Thus with a kiss I die.
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
It is the east and Juliet is the sun.
Thus with a kiss I die.
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
“See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.
O, that I were a glove upon that hand
That I might touch that cheek!”
A plague o’ both your houses!
Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
The unreasonable fury of a beast:
Unseemly woman in a seeming man!
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Juliet:
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
I like this one:
“This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
“Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.”
“Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoes
With nimble soles: I have a soul of lead
So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. ”
Romeo
Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
Thus with a kiss I die.
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun
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“When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
“My only love sprung from my only hate!”
I would love to take my daughter to this performance.
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
“True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,
Which is as thin of substance as the air”
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet
Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
“Out vile jelly!”
“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”