Romeo and Juliet retold through hip-hop dance and roller skating

Roller skaters and hip-hop dancers take over the Royal Opera House in a modern retelling of Shakespeare s classic love story, Romeo and Juliet. This film is part of Deloitte Ignite 15, the Royal Opera House s annual arts festival, showcasing singers, musicians, dancers, costume and prop makers, street performers and much more. The festival runs throughout September 2015 and includes many free events. Find out more at: http://www.roh.org.uk/deloitteignite Created in collaboration with somewhereto_ somewhereto_ has £7m from the Big Lottery Fund to unlock free space across the UK for 16-25 year olds until September 2016. So if you want to dance, skate or perform in amazing spaces across the UK, visit http://www.somewhereto.com for more information. Narration written and performed by Samuel King http://www.IAmSamuelKing.com http://www.twitter.com/IAmSamuelKing Romeo and Juliet played by Nas Khan and Renee Castello Music by 36 - Dream Tempest (3six Recordings, 2014) http://www.3six.bandcamp.com/ http://www.facebook.com/3sixrecordings http://www.twitter.com/3sixrecordings Dancers from Avant Garde Dance Company Mollie Miah, Paaliba Abugre, Emmanuella Spence-Marshall, Danielle elden , Sia Gbamoi and Dani Harris-Walters http://www.AvantGardeDance.com http://www.twitter.com/AvantGardeDance http://www.instagram.com/AvantGardeDance Facebook: Avant Guarde Dance