Atlanta Ballet presents Stephen Mills’ Hamlet
By Bonnie M. Morét
Passionate choreography laced with a captivating score, artful set designs and exquisite lighting … Elsinore will never be the same after seeing the Atlanta Ballet’s presentation of Stephen Mills’ Hamlet. This company never fails to impress the audience.

The ballet begins near the play’s ending with Hamlet, John Welker, mortally wounded. Pablo Sanchez, one of the players, grieves.

Hamlet, John Welker, envisions the betrayal of his mother Gertrude, Rachel Van Buskirk, and Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, Jonah Hooper, who murdered of Hamlet’s father. The ghost on the floor is Thom Panto.

Gertrude has been poisoned and mortally wounded Hamlet rests atop his mother. L-R: Miguel Angel Montoya, standing, John Welker, Rachel Van Buskirk, Pedro Gamino, and Pablo Sanchez, seated.
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