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Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, romanized: Romeo i Dzhulyetta), Op. 64, is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. First composed in 1935, it was substantially revised for its Soviet premiere in early 1940.
Kenneth MacMillan's Royal Ballet production of Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 9 February 1965. [6] Though MacMillan had conceived the ballet for Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable, for "bureaucratic reasons" Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev danced the opening night, to MacMillan's disappointment. [7]
Romeo + Juliet, as it is displayed in print, is a ballet by New York City Ballet balletmaster-in-chief Peter Martins to Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1934–1940). The premiere took place on Tuesday, 1 May 2007 at the New York State Theater , Lincoln Center .
What: "Romeo and Juliet" with the Indianapolis Ballet and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra When: 7:30 p.m. May 3. 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. May 4 Where: 4602 Sunset Ave. at Butler University
Romeo and Juliet (music by Sergei Prokofiev) (1955) Rinaldo and Armida (music by Malcolm Arnold) (1955) La Péri (music by Paul Dukas) (1956) Birthday Offering (music by Alexander Glazunov, arranged by Robert Irving) (1956) Ondine (music by Hans Werner Henze) (1958), created for Dame Margot Fonteyn; La Valse (music by Maurice Ravel) (1958)
Romeo i Dzhulyetta) is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev 's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky . It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or .
In 1977, Nureyev left the Royal Ballet and created his own production of the ballet for London Festival Ballet to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This production premiered at the London Coliseum on 2 June 1977, with the British ballerina Patricia Ruanne as Juliet and Rudolf as Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet is ballet created by John Cranko to Sergei Prokofiev's eponymous score for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1962 and first seen in America in 1969. The Joffrey Ballet presented the first American production of Cranko's choreography in its 1984–1985 season, including performances in New York City at the New York State Theater and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center.