Romeo & Juliet

“Love under the merciless Gaze of Death”

William Shakespeare’s tragic but timeless love story has touched people’s hearts for centuries. In the hands of choreographers Susanna Leinonen and Jouka Valkama the work gains an interpretation in which two families and two languages of movement meet.

Choreography: Susanna Leinonen and Jouka Valkama 
Music: Sergei Prokofjev 
Sound: Design Kasperi Laine 
Costumes: Erika Turunen 
Lighting Design: Hanna Käyhkö 
Visual Design: Tytti Wiinikka, Susanna Leinonen and Jouka Valkama 
Video: Jouka Valkama 
Dancers: Daniela Bendini, Elina Häyrynen, Aksinja Lommi, Natasha Lommi, Maija Kiviluoto, Sam Vaherlehto, Jouka Valkama 
Dancers on the video: Jaakko Eerola, Ima Iduozee, Jaana Kovanen, Annika Nieminen, Lotta Suomi, Elisa Tuovila, Frans Valkama, Emmi Väisänen, Henrik Burman 

Duration: 60 min 

Premiere: 30.11.2012 Stoa, Helsinki 

Production: Susanna Leinonen Company 

Financially supported by National Council for Dance, The City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Ministry of Education and Culture, Kone Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation and Villisilkki