I just got 'round to watching my recording of the broadcast.
The camera work left a bit to be desired. Quite a number of times half of a main dancer's body was cut off from the screen. Distracting.
To me this came across as an abstract sort of Romeo and Juliet, with most of the dancers simply dancing their characters, not being the characters. While set in a historic time, something about this performance -- I can't place my finger on what -- seemed to give it a 21st century vibe.
I didn't mind the single...box, unit that served as the set too much. But the costumes were very unappealing, particularly Tybalt's and Juliet's. (Was none of her family embarrassed that Paris saw her in her short short short (night)dress??)
Martins' choreography was uninteresting. The balcony PPD did not seem to build with the music. The bedroom pas de deux I interpreted as Juliet dealing with her cousin's death, whether to reject Romeo or forgive/love him, instead of delaying his departure as in other versions. The Mandolin Dance had the strongest choreography IMO.
In Act I I did not care much for Sterling Hyltin's Juliet and Robert Fairchild's Romeo, especially in the ballroom; I was not able to believe that they fell in love like *snaps fingers* that. Yet as Act II went on I warmed up to their performance more and more, and by the end was quite impressed. Lovely dancing and good acting from both.
The best parts of this production were Antonio Carmena's and Daniel Ulbricht's fantastic Benvolio and Mercutio, and the realistic sword fights.