[DiaryPoint=Reporter Choi Seung-jin] ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ a filmed performance featuring Park Se-eun as Juliet, began ticket sales on Nov. 9. Park was the first Korean dancer to be named an étoile, or principal dancer, at the Paris Opera Ballet. The film will open exclusively at CGV on Nov. 22, with tickets available through CGV’s website and mobile app. According to Park’s official Paris Opera Ballet biography, she won the Grand Prix at the Prix de Lausanne in 2007 and the Benois de la Danse, a prestigious dance award, in 2018.
The screening is the first domestic presentation in the Paris Opera Ballet’s 2026/27 season. Rather than a live stage performance, it is a film of the company’s production in Paris, bringing Rudolf Nureyev’s choreography to the screen. The Paris Opera Ballet says Nureyev’s production premiered with the London Festival Ballet in 1977, then entered the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire in 1984 after some choreography was revised. It is a three-act ballet based on Shakespeare’s play.
Park performs as Juliet, while Paris Opera Ballet étoile Paul Marque takes the role of Romeo. The two dancers shared the stage in Paris last April. Park first danced Juliet in Nureyev’s production on June 10, 2021, and was appointed an étoile afterward. The Paris Opera Ballet’s announcement says her appointment was made after that performance and lists further performances with Marque on June 16, 19 and 23.
Based on Shakespeare’s play, the ballet tells the story of Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love despite belonging to the feuding Montague and Capulet families. The film also features Prokofiev’s score and sets and costumes evoking Verona. The Paris Opera Ballet records that Prokofiev’s ballet was first staged in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1938, choreographed by Vania Psota. Nureyev’s 1977 choreography entered the Paris Opera Ballet’s repertoire in 1984. Its sets and costumes evoke the Italian Renaissance as it recreates Verona.
Screening locations, showtimes and ticket prices are listed on CGV’s booking page. During booking, viewers can select the film and date, then check the schedule and ticket price for each location. CGV runs “See You at CGV,” a program highlighting exclusive releases and special content each month, and included this film in its November lineup. CGV’s official announcement says Park will perform alongside Paul Marque.
WizOnsen plans to bring more works from the Paris Opera Ballet season to Korea in sequence, including ‘Swan Lake,’ ‘La Bayadère’ and Roland Petit’s ‘Notre-Dame de Paris.’ Park’s Paris Opera Ballet biography also lists major roles including Odette and Odile in ‘Swan Lake’ (2015) and Nikiya in ‘La Bayadère’ (2022).