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PAGE Chronicle Special Romeo and Juliet, one of the most romantic of classical ballets will be performed at the Centre In The Square by Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet Thursday through Saturday, June 2-4 at 8:00 p.m. Choreographed by Rudi van Dantzig, Romeo & Juliet is not just a story about the triumph of love but about the tragedy of two people who, by manipulation and feelings from outside (hate, jealousy and power) die. van Dantzig originally choreographed Romeo & Juliet for the Dutch National Bane in 1965. He was strongly influenced by Lavrosky's version. He strictly follows Prokofiev's score. however a few parts of the music were taken from their original context and placed in other scenes. The social situation of both families (Capulet and Montague) is all important Sueen Bennet. who will perform Friday in the role of Juliet In the Royal Winnipeg Ballet‘s Romeo end Juliet at Centre In The Squere, an ehe knew at age three ballet wee whet ehe vented to do. - . . u - wnemoo cmomcg. WEDNESDAY. JUNE I. was Much-loved Romeo and Juliet brings romantic classical ballet to Centre DESTINED FOR BALLET CAREER for the development of their exponents Romeo and Juliet. van Dantzig has made Juliet not only the ,sweet girl in love but a young protected growing girl who develop? into a desperate person. In Romeo & J uliet, van Dantzig stresses the purity of love which is made impossible by outside- influences. The sadness sounds through from beginning to end. - The internationally-acclaimed Royal Winnipeg Ballet is well known to audiences for its versatile repertoire and the techni- cal excellence of its young dancers. The Company was founded in 1939 (it is Canada's oldest dance company) and in 1953, it received its Royal title, the first granted under the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth li. Under Artistic Direc- tor Arnold Spohr, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has grown and developed to take its place among the world’s major ballet companies. Danger knew when young Jie' ballet was career goal Susan Bennet, exuberant young soloist from Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, sensed her sure-footed fate at the sweet and unassuming age of three. U“! saw a ballet on TV and I went wild. I just knew that's what I wanted to do," said Bennet in a recent interview. "Ballet was exciting to me, and people thought I was weird. Nice girls didn't do that. Everyone took piano. I practically had to beg my parents to let me go." - binners begging Gok her a long way, and today. at 28, she's a fine soloist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. ___ - _ The 25-member company will be appearing this week at The Centre in the Square with the tragically classic yet beloved Romeo and Juliet. Bennet will dance Juliet Friday, June 3 with the incomparable Evelyn Hart in the same role Thursday and Saturday evenings. Dance genius David Peregrine is both their Romeos! This beautiful ballerina with her carefully sculptured fawn-like features, has her own philosophy concerning emotions and their pror ection in a given role. - l‘Piaying‘Juliet is one of the most incredible roles I've played. It has to be one of the airtime ultimate female roles: so emotional." said Ben- net. "A great preformer can summon this emo- tion, whether he be in love with a lover, with life or something else. In the case of Juliet. l am in shock. Romeo's dead and I don't live that type of grief. l emote what the audience expects grief to look like. Emotions on stage are more a perception of what something is like, rather than really feeling it. " my real Romeo died, I wouldn't know what to do. I'd be in shock. I don't think I'd immediately wail and carry om" Bennet and company have just finished taping Romeo and Juliet for the CBC. It's a two-hour edited version expected to be released sometime next year. “It was quite exhilarating doing television. however the camera isn't on too many people and it's difficult for a dancer to just 'get up and go.' You must build form, mood. character, so that you are fluid movement and it's extremely hard staying on point shoes and trying to maintain these elements when the director yells 'cut". Your muscles get cold. and you lose the now. Also the ilooring is different, and very slippery. I really feel for film stars. in this constant atmosphere." Live stage is Bennet's home and she is most noted for her performance as Maria in Tchai- kovsky's Nutcracker and as the Cowgirl In Aaron Copeland's Rodeo. She maintains Royal Winnipeg Ballet artistic director Arnold Spohr has been ‘incredibly inspiring,' as well as principal star dancer David Peregrine. "Fioin Athens. London. Frankhfri. to Belfast, and Cairo, Egypt, Bonnet, Peregrine and dance associates have pimtied around the world The Royal Winnipeg Ballet first began to tour in Canada in 1945 and today, the Company spends approximately 20 weeks per year on the road, presenting more than 100 touring performances along with four home seasons each year. it has been acclaimed in M3 cities in 25 countries. Principal dancers Evelyn Hart and David Peregrine and pianist Earl Stafford performed at the World Ballet Concours in Japan and the international Ballet Compe- titions in Vania. Bulgaria. in June and July 1980. They received eight major awards including three Gold Medals and Vama’s highly coveted Exceptional Artistic Achievement Award for Miss Hart's per- formance. In 1981, Arnold Spohr was awarded the prestigious Annual Dan- cemagazine Award for Outstanding Con- tribution to the world of dance. He is the first Canadian to be honored with this soon finishing their whirlwind St-week season at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre. "Wow! We were only in Egypt for a week, but were well-received. They are culturally starved because of the current political situation, but it was interesting to look around in the crowd. Half the audience was dressed in Western style. half in traditional costume. I felt many mysterious eyes on me." Many eyes and many critics. . "The London critics are the toughest, by far," said Bennet with a wide grin. "But we spend an awful lot of time comparing our work and perfecting it. Sometimes the critics can be dead wrong. The audience is crucial and our biggest judge is worf-ormouyt.r “Ballet is hard. hard work. The competition is cut throat, and it isn't really anyone's opinion on who is good. That counts. In this artform. you build your instrument, your body. You remain at different levels because your body may not physically allow you to move on to the next level. I've been a soloist for four years. It depends entirely on a combination of emotional, physical. and artistic ability with the correct balance and the question of accelerating when the opportunity is given to you." - The spry dancer also believes there is no set formula for success in the spotlight. _ - - Bennet has been given the divine opportunity to dance Juliet and Romeo and Juliet promises to be a highly entertaining and emotional evening. With Rudy Van Dantig's sensitive choreography Toer van Schayk's riveting cos- tumes, and Serge Prokofiev's spine-tingling score. this treasured ballet should be a night to remember, for lovers. and especially lovers of exquisite ballet. The exhibition Is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto. "Italian Prints 150mm." an exhibition of approximately so engravings, etchings, and woodcuts will be featured at the Kitchener-Wa- terloo Art Gallery to June In. The exhibition depicts the historical develop- ment of Italian printmaking from the lcth to the tttth centuries, including works from the High Renaissance. Mannerfst, Baroque and Rococo periods. Italian prints at Gallery award. This season the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has the honor of being the first Canadian Company to perform at the Athens Festival. Principal dancer, Evelyn Hart has a strong following in this area since her parents hailed from Mitchell and Evelyn began her ballet training in London, On- tario. Hart will be dancing the role of Juliet opposite David Peregrine's Romeo on Thursday and Saturday. June 2 and 4. On Friday June 3, Susan Bennet will dance the role of Juliet opposite David Peregrine. It is bound to be classical ballet at its best with the popular Romeo & Juliet performed by Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet at The Centre In The Square on Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 2, 3 and 4 at 8:00 pm. Ticket prices are $12.00. $15.00 and $18.50.