Radio and Juliet

Ballet

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Radio and Juliet is an hour long ballet setup in 2005 for the Slovenian company Ballet Maribor in Slovenia. It was directed by Romanian dancer and choreographer Edward Clug.[1] The ballet is a rendition of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set music of Radiohead. Since 2005 Radio and Juliet has guested in the Netherlands, Italy, Singapore, Korea, Israel, Canada, United States, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Serbia and Croatia. It has also been set on the companies of Bucharest National Theater and Kyiv National Opera. On 15 September 2012, the 100th performance was celebrated on the old stage of the Maribor Opera house. The ballet premiered in the United States in 2008 at the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts at the Byham Theater.[2]

Noted for the ballet's choreography and simplicity, Radio and Juliet represents a modernized interpretation of Shakespeare. As stated by Edward Clug, "You could call this quite a twisted version... My intention was not to retell the story but offer the audience an experience from a different perspective."

## Modernized Shakespeare

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The scenes and structure of the ballet do not match the original Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. However, the conflict between the Capulets and Montagues and the masquerade ball scenes are included.[2] The ballet begins with Juliet waking up from her deathlike coma to Romeo being gone and continues through her flashbacks. The ballet also uses video effects that zoom in on specific body parts of the cast during their performance. Every scene is a recanted memory of Juliet's. The play focuses on Juliet's perspective rather than the original storyline of the conflict between families. Juliet also does not take her own life like in the original play, as Edward Clug wanted to show her perspective after choosing to live rather than kill herself once she discovers Romeo dead; instead of Romeo drinking poison after thinking Juliet has killed herself, he eats a lemon.

## Major cast

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* Bojana Nenadovic Otrin (cast on Premiere) and Tijuana Krizman-Hudernik as Juliet
* Eugen Dobrescu (cast on Premiere) and Matjaz Marin as Romeo
* Christian Guerematchi/Edward Clug as Mercutio

There are four other male dancers. The outfits worn by the cast are simple, the men wear suits without shirts and Juliet wears a corset. During the masquerade ball scene, the men wear surgical masks.[2]

## Music

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The entire score of the ballet are songs performed by the British rock band Radiohead. Most of the music is taken from albums OK Computer and Kid A.[3] The robotic voice from the album OK Computer matches the robotic choreography and is used for a solo by Juliet. The ballet uses 11 Radiohead songs including "Fitter Happier," "Bullet Proof... (I Wish I Was)," "Idioteque," "How to Disappear Completely", and "Like Spinning Plates."[3]

The songs are used to create an atmosphere. The lyrics sometimes match the scene that is taking place like "Bullet Proof... (I Wish I Was)" during Mercutio's death scene. The song lyrics reinforce the fundamental element of the love story, struggling with relationships, however, the music is more important to the story as Edward Clug says, "There are moments when the story meets the lyrics, but that was not really the point. It's the overall emotion they create in their music."

The ballet includes the song "Exit Music (For a Film)" from the album OK Computer which was originally created for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The song appeared in the closing credits of the film but not on the soundtrack recording.

### Choreography

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The choreography is made up of sharp body movements. This is supposed to symbolize that love and romance have been affected by "the cold hand of mechanization."[4] Common movements include the arching of the torso, the bending of the wrists paired with elbow motions, and stabbing motions of the feet and legs. The choreography includes twitching and jerking motions which give the appearance of robots on stage.[5]

The scenes are structured in a way so that the characters move in a series of steps. First, they begin with head movements, then the body lifts, then the characters weave in and out one another where pairing and partnered dancing takes place. Twitching continues throughout the dance. When Mercutio dies, the last thing he does is twitch. This is the same for the final scene of the dance, Juliet executes slight head twitches over Romeo's dead body.[5]

## See also

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* List of ballets by title

## External links

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* Archive footage of Ballet Maribor performing Radio and Juliet in 2009 at Jacob's Pillow
* PROMOVIDEO of Radio and Juliet Distributor 6primeagency

## References

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1. ^ "Edward Clug". Retrieved 4 December 2011.
2. ^ a b c Sucato, Steve. "Edward Clug and Ballet Maribor set Romeo and Juliet to Radiohead". Retrieved 4 December 2011.
3. ^ a b Tulich, Katherine (13 October 2011). "Ballet Maribor is rocking the Bard". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
4. ^ Zuck, Barbara. "Ballet Review | Ballet Maribor: 'Radio and Juliet' tells sad tale of cold love". Retrieved 7 December 2011.
5. ^ a b Seibert, Brian (24 October 2011). "Romeo Meets Radiohead in a Love Story of Twitches". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Characters|

* Romeo
* Juliet
* Mercutio
* Tybalt
* Benvolio
* Friar Laurence
* Nurse
* Paris
* Rosaline
* Queen Mab

Sources|

* The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
* Pyramus and Thisbe
* Palace of Pleasure
* Troilus and Criseyde
* Ephesiaca

Ballets|

* Romeo and Juliet (1938, Prokofiev)
* Romeo and Juliet (1962, Cranko)
* Romeo and Juliet (1965, MacMillan)
* Romeo and Juliet (1977, Nureyev)
* Romeo and Juliet (1965, Lavery)
* Radio and Juliet (2005)
* Romeo + Juliet (2007, Martins)
* Romeo and Juliet (2008, Pastor)

Operas|

* Romeo und Julie (1776, Benda)
* Giulietta e Romeo (1796, Zingarelli)
* Giulietta e Romeo (1825, Vaccai)
* I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830, Bellini)
* Gloria (1874, Cilea)
* Roméo et Juliette (1867, Gounod)
* A Village Romeo and Juliet (1907, Delius)
* Romeo und Julia (1940, Sutermeister)
* Romeo und Julia (1943, Blacher)

Musicals|

* The Belle of Mayfair (1906)
* West Side Story (1957)
* Once on This Island (1990)
* Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour (2001)
* Giulietta e Romeo (2007)
* & Juliet (2019)

Classical|

* Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 (c. 1800)
* Roméo et Juliette (1839, Berlioz)
* Romeo and Juliet (1870, Tchaikovsky)

On screen|

| Films|

* 1900
* 1908
* 1916 Metro
* 1916 Fox
* 1936
* 1940
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1964
* 1967 (TV)
* 1968
* 1978 (TV)
* 1992 (TV)
* 1996
* 2006
* 2013

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TV series|

* Ronny & Julia (2000)
* Skin (2003)
* Romeo × Juliet (2007)
* Romeo y Julieta (2007)
* Harina de otro costal (2010)
* Star-Crossed (2014)
* Romil & Jugal (2017)
* Still Star-Crossed (2017)
* A Infância de Romeu e Julieta (2023)

Plays|

* Romanoff and Juliet (1956)
* People's Romeo (2010)
* Romeo and Juliet (2013)

Songs|

* "Montagues and Capulets" (1935)
* "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (1968)
* "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976)
* "Angelo" (1978)
* "Romeo and Juliet" (1978)
* "Romeo and Juliet" (1981)
* "Cherish" (1989)
* "Amor Prohibido" (1994)
* "Kissing You" (1996)
* "Starcrossed" (2004)
* "Peut-être toi" (2006)
* "Mademoiselle Juliette" (2007)
* "Love Story" (2008)
* "Love Me Again" (2013)

Albums|

* Romeo and Juliet (1968)
* Romeo + Juliet (1996)
* Romeo & Julia (2006)
* Tragic Lovers (2008)
* Star-Crossed (2021)
* Rosaline (2022)

Literature|

* Les Chouans (1829)
* The Wandering Jew (1844)
* The Stolen Dormouse (1941)
* The Faraway Lurs (1963)
* The Destruction of Faena (1989)
* Ronny & Julia (1995)
* Romiette and Julio (2001)
* New Moon (2006)
* Warm Bodies (2010)

Art|

* Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene (1790)
* Juliet and her Nurse (1836)
* Romeo and Juliet (1978)

Phrases|

* A plague o' both your houses!
* A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
* Star-crossed

Story within
a story|

* Nicholas Nickleby
* 1912 film
* 1947 film
* 1980 play
* 2001 film
* 2002 film
* The Picture of Dorian Gray
* 1910 film
* 1913 film
* 1915 film
* 1916 film
* 1917 German film
* 1917 Hungarian film
* 1945 film
* 1976 TV special
* 2009 film
* Harlequinade
* W Juliet
* "Nothing Broken but My Heart"
* Panic Button
* Bare: A Pop Opera
* Bolji život
* The Sky Is Everywhere
* Pay as You Exit
* The White Mercedes
* She Died a Lady
* "Moonshine River"
* Rendez-vous
* Fame
* "I Am Unicorn"
* The Frog Prince
* Molly
* Smart Girls Get What They Want
* Tumbleweeds
* "The Thief of Baghead"
* The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
* Prince Charming
* Km. 0
* Phileine Says Sorry
* Hamateur Night
* "Say You'll Be Mine"
* Into the Gauntlet
* Wandering Son
* K-On!

Other|

* Such Tweet Sorrow
* Romeo and Juliet effect
* Romeo and Juliet laws
* After Juliet
* "Upper West Side Story" (2012)
* Millennium Dome Show
* Inge Sylten and Heinz Drosihn
* Boys Don't Cry
* My Wedding and Other Secrets
* Donkey in Lahore
* Upside Down
* Letters to Juliet
* Sherlock Gnomes
* Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

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Radiohead

* Thom Yorke
* Jonny Greenwood
* Colin Greenwood
* Ed O'Brien
* Philip Selway

Studio albums|

* Pablo Honey
* The Bends
* OK Computer
* Kid A
* Amnesiac
* Hail to the Thief
* In Rainbows
* The King of Limbs
* A Moon Shaped Pool

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Compilation albums|

* Radiohead Box Set
* Radiohead: The Best Of
* OKNOTOK 1997 2017
* MiniDiscs [Hacked]
* Kid A Mnesia

Remix albums|

* TKOL RMX 1234567

Live albums|

* I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings

EPs|

* Drill
* Itch
* My Iron Lung
* No Surprises / Running from Demons
* Airbag / How Am I Driving?
* Com Lag (2plus2isfive)
* In Rainbows Disk 2

Singles|

| 1990s|

* "Creep"
* "Pop Is Dead"
* "Stop Whispering"
* "My Iron Lung"
* "High and Dry / Planet Telex"
* "Fake Plastic Trees"
* "Just"
* "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
* "The Bends"
* "Paranoid Android"
* "Karma Police"
* "Lucky"
* "No Surprises"

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2000s|

* "Pyramid Song"
* "Knives Out"
* "There There"
* "Go to Sleep"
* "2 + 2 = 5"
* "Jigsaw Falling into Place"
* "Nude"
* "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)"
* "These Are My Twisted Words"

2010s|

* "Supercollider" / "The Butcher"
* "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase"
* "Burn the Witch"
* "Daydreaming"
* "I Promise"
* "Man of War"

2020s|

* "If You Say the Word"
* "Follow Me Around"

Other songs|

* "Let Down"
* "Everything in Its Right Place"
* "The National Anthem"
* "How to Disappear Completely"
* "Idioteque"
* "Optimistic"
* "True Love Waits"
* "15 Step"
* "House of Cards" / "Bodysnatchers"
* "All I Need"
* "Reckoner"
* "Lotus Flower"
* "Spectre"
* "Lift"

Video albums|

* Live at the Astoria
* 7 Television Commercials
* Meeting People Is Easy
* The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time
* In Rainbows – From the Basement
* Radiohead for Haiti
* The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement

Related albums|

* True Love Waits
* Hold Me to This
* Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads
* Radiodread
* Jaydiohead
* Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele

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* Sericomyrmex radioheadi
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