How Fares My Juliet?

Kenneth MacMillan’s “Romeo and Juliet” is back in town, with multiple casts taking on the roles of the star-cross’d lovers this week. I saw two: David Hallberg and Polina Semionova on the 11th, and Hee Seo and Roberto Bolle (replacing an injured Alexandre Hammoudi) at at the June 12 matinée. I was sad not to see Hammoudi; I have a feeling that he would make an intriguingly vulnerable, passionate Romeo. Hopefully, the opportunity will arise again

Here is my review for DanceTabs. And a short excerpt:

“It was Semionova’s New York début in the role, which she has danced just twice before, on tour with ABT. She’s not a natural Juliet…butnew opportunities seem to awaken a kind of freshness and curiosity in this surprising dancer. In her short time with the company she has begun to blossom in unexpected ways. She was a softly glowing Terpsichore in Balanchine’s Apollo. And earlier this season danced the adagio movement of Symphony in C with a stirring legato and musical understanding.”