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Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

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Choreographer
  
John Cranko

Premiere
  
1962 Stuttgart

Genre
  
Neoclassical ballet

Music
  
Sergei Prokofiev

Original ballet company
  
Stuttgart Ballet

Type
  
classical ballet

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.

Reviews

  • NY Times, by Anna Kisselgoff, Thursday, 7 March 1985
  • References

    Romeo and Juliet (Cranko) Wikipedia