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Article: Shakespeare on pointe: dream on ... 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has become a dream subject for many choreographers.
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 1997
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When it comes to Shakespeare, the dance as well as the play's the thing. Just as Shakespeare is universal, dances based on his plays have been and continue to be choreographed almost everywhere. Shakespeare's plots, often borrowed from other authors, in turn supply the basis for numerous ballets -- Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest -- there's probably a Pericles knocking around in a choreographer's closet somewhere. And, as crowd-pleasers go, Romeo and Juliet rates highest on the list, up there with such all-time moneymakers as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
A close second for Shakespeare-inspired ballets is A Midsummer ...