It’s one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays and is considered one of Western literature’s greatest love stories.
It’s so famous that it’s likely playing right now on a stage somewhere in the world, in a version that echoes its original look and feel, and stays true to how it would have been seen in the Bard’s lifetime, more than 400 years ago.
But in hands of French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, this “classic” love story has finally been shaped into a ballet work that is arguably a much truer reflection of what love means to modern audiences today.
