6/11/2023 0 Comments Royal opera house ballet![]() ![]() The unsuspecting cleaning lady (Bettina Carpi) stumbles upon Gregor next. His sister, Grete (Laura Day), reticently re-enters the room and futilely attempts to manipulate his body back into that of a human. ![]() Alone, contorts his body and writhes on the floor, before perching on the windowsill. The colleague flees, and his family members shrink away in horror. Gregor’s absence prompts a colleague and his family to bust his door open. “ I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t pick anything up… So we really, really deconstructed a whole human and made as insect and animal as we could.” – Edward Watson, Gregor Samsa in ROH’s ‘The Metamorphosis‘ A few dribbles of black ink on his neck and chest are only costuming change Gregor’s posture and movement are much more telling of his rapid metamorphosis into an invertebrate: his limbs are stuck in the air, extremities constantly shifting and moving, as if trying to sense the atmosphere like antennae. In the space of a short blackout meant to represent one evening, Gregor mysteriously morphs into an enormous insect. Gregor leaves the dinner table early, prompting a long face from his mother the table is cleared and Gregor retreats to his room. (Spoiler alert: Yes, you really do watch his regular regime three times.) He heads to and from work, grabbing a coffee in the morning and a vodka on the way back, before returning home and dutifully watching his sister practice ballet. Nearly a quarter of the show establishes the daily routine of Gregor (Edward Watson): son, brother, employee and patron. Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton Royal Ballet: The Metamorphosis Review Dancer: Edward Watson in the Royal Ballet’s production of The Metamorphosis
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