The Unromanticized Dance of Fate: Scottish Ballet's "These Violent Delights" Review Scottish Ballet's recent adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, presented at the Edinburgh film festival, eschews romance in favor of dread.
Under the direction of Christopher Hampson and Oscar Sansom, this taut, dreamlike dance film dwells on the dark underbelly of love.
The ballet's title alludes to Friar Lawrence's ominous warning: "these violent delights have violent ends. " However, this version of Romeo and Juliet goes beyond mere suggestion.