Royal Ballet and A Younger Theatre team up for Romeo live tweet
Six young people will live tweet and blog their experience of seeing their first ballet, including backstage access.
We’re teaming up with A Younger Theatre to give an exclusive insight into The Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet as it is broadcast live to over 700 cinemas around the world on 22 March.
Six people aged between 18 and 26 will be live tweeting and blogging about their experience of seeing a ballet for the first time, as well as giving a glimpse behind the scenes with backstage access prior to the performance.Tweeting will happen before and after the performance as well as during the intervals.
If you’d like to be one of the six, have never previously attended a performance by The Royal Ballet, are digitally competent and use social media, apply online. If you’re in the Royal Opera House or in the cinema that evening, tweet your thoughts with the hashtag #ROHmeo.We are planning to show a selection of tweets on-screen during the second interval. Please don’t tweet during the performance itself.
A Younger Theatre is a platform for young people under the age of 26 to have their voices heard in the arts. Founded in 2009, AYT boasts over 100 young writers covering reviews, interviews, featured articles and blogs about theatre. AYT also hosts events, offers competitions and ticket offers, and is partnered with The Guardian’s Culture Professionals Network. AYT was named About.com’s Top Theatre Blog of 2011.
The deadline for applications is noon on 15 March.
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Diablo Ballet in California recently chose 5 'textperts' to tweet live during their show. I was one of them. Read my recap of the evening here: http://www.griercooper.com/2012/03/05/what-do-twitter-and-ballet-have-in-common/
Amazing !