Dutch National Ballet: Lady Macbeth

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LADY MACBETH (World Premiere)
Choreographer: Helen Pickett and James Bonas

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“In the play, Lady Macbeth goes mad and hangs herself, but you don’t see how or why. Those ‘hows and whys’ are a big part of our approach.”

Helen Picket, choreographer

“Because in the play, for example, Lady Macbeth’s suicide is only talked about, but you don’t see it, it was interesting for us to turn the stage upside down, as it were. What happens offstage in the play, we bring onstage in the ballet.”

– James Bonas, director