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Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Busy market street filled with life in early 1960s Hong Kong
Dancers (from left): Amber Lewis, Yang Ruiqi, Gao Ge | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Fei tsai and fei nui (bad boys and girls) on the street
Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Mahjong game under iconic neon lights and billboards
Dancers (from left): Chen Zhiyao, Wei Wei | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet and her father, one of Hong Kong’s prominent tycoons
Dancers (from left, front row): Jonathan Spigner, Venus Villa; (from left, back row) Wang Qingxin, Wei Wei | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet and her fiancé Mr Parker, a welthy gweilo (Caucasian)
Dancers (from left): Albert Gordon, Garry Corpuz, Jackson Dwyer | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Little Mak, Romeo and Benny slip in to a party on a floating restaurant
Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
A lavish gala dinner at the floating restaurant, inspired by one of Hong Kong’s landmarks the Jumbo Floating Restaurant
Dancers: Ye Feifei with Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet is put on display for the assembled guests by her father
Dancers (from left, front row): Wang Qingxin, Li Lin | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet’s mother and Tai Po (who is both Juliet’s father’s associate and Juliet’s mother’s lover)
Dancer: Venus Villa | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet is waiting at the balcony
Dancers (from left): Garry Corpuz, Ye Feifei | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
At the balcony, Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other
Dancers (from left): Zhang Xuening, Ye Feifei, Garry Corpuz, Wei Wei | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Romeo and Juliet secretly commit themselves to each other at a temple, with Romeo’s Sifu and the Amah present
Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Little Mak and Tai Po trade escalating insults and a fight ensues
Dancers (from left): Albert Gordon, Garry Corpuz | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Little Mak is killed by Tai Po
Dancers (from top): Wei Wei, Wang Qingxin, Li Lin | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juliet’s mother is undone by the deather of her lover Tai Po
Dancers (from left): Ye Feifei, Garry Corpuz | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Romeo and Juliet spend the night together in Juliet’s bedroom
Dancers (from left): Ye Feifei, Garry Corpuz | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Romeo and Juliet spend the night together in Juliet’s bedroom
Hong Kong Ballet Dancers | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
On the morning of her wedding to Mr Parker, Juliet is found death
Dancers (from top): Shen Jie, Venus Villa | Photography: Tony Luk | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Romeo believes Juliet to be actually dead and cries desperately in her funeral
Dancers (from left): Venus Villa, Shen Jie | Photography: Conrad Dy-Liacco | Courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet
Juilet then awakens, is horrified to discover Romeo dead and kills herself
‘Transposing the action from medieval Italy to 1960s Hong Kong is an ingenious idea which serves the dual purpose of appealing to
the local audience while offering a uniquely Hong Kong product for
international tours. Visually the production is stunning and there is
plenty of good dancing’
— South China Morning Post
Creative Team
Choreography: Septime Webre
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Costume Design: Mandy Tam
Set Design: Ricky Chan
Assistant Set Designer : Ryan Lo
Lighting Design: Ruby Yau
Original Lighting Design and Lighting Consultant: Billy Chan
Dramaturge: Yan Pat To
Make-up Design: M•A•C Cosmetics
Martial Arts Advisor: Hing Chao
Martial Arts Partner: International Guoshu Association
