Continuing this from SF thread.
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poorsod 
I saw the SF ballet last night. Their Romeo and Juliette was the 4th version I have seen in the past year and is better than I could have hoped. Didn't even have to wait in line. Tickets were expensive - similar or even more than in NYC.
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F. Corbera
Was it up to the superb standards of the Boston Ballet?
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poorsod
I have never seen the entire company, only Misa Kuranaga. The Tomasson staging is quite lavish, rivaling ABT's Macmillan production. NYCBs staging by Martins is too minimalist for my taste.
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A Y
Boston just did the Cranko, which is my favorite version though I missed Boston's production. I'm not a fran of Helgi's stagings or choreography in general, but his R&J is said to be one of his better efforts. Who did you see dance it? For me, Maria Kochetkova can make almost anything look good.
And this is kind of heretical, but I've never really liked the Macmillan version. The Martins version was embarrassing,and should never, ever see the light of day again.
Yuan Yuan Tan danced a very graceful Juliette. She was good and very expressive but, of course, lacked the pyrotechnics of a younger dancer. Although no single dancer was superstar exceptional, the company as a whole was very cohesive and well put together.
I have never seen the Cranko staging. I saw the Ashton version this past summer with Osipova and Vasiliev. The casting doesn't get much better than that, but the staging too was too minimalist for Romeo and Juliette which I think is better served with a bigger cast and a lavish set.
I saw the Martins version with Tiler Peck though I was hoping to see Hyltin and Fairchild. Chase Finlay mentioned he was supposed to dance Romeo this past season but had been out on an injury.
I think the best part of the Macmillan staging are the lifts in the end. There is insufficient dancing in the rest of the Macmillan version.
