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Music Sergei Prokofiev Genre Ballet Initial release 1966 Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan | 6.9/10 IMDb Original ballet company The Royal Ballet Type Classical Director Paul Czinner Adapted from Romeo and Juliet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Premiere 1965
Royal Opera House, London Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film Cast Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Michael Somes, Desmond Doyle Similar Romeo and Juliet movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir kenneth macmillan romeo and juliet
Choreographer Sir 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.
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- Sir kenneth macmillan romeo and juliet
- How kenneth macmillan turned romeo and juliet into a ballet the royal ballet
- Background
- Premiere performance
- Original cast
- References
How kenneth macmillan turned romeo and juliet into a ballet the royal ballet
Background
Kenneth MacMillan had previously choreographed the balcony scene for Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable to dance in September 1964 for Canadian Television. This experience made him seem a good candidate to choreograph the entire ballet for Covent Garden, when the Soviet Union refused to allow Leonid Lavrovsky's classic production to tour to London. MacMillan prepared his version with the blessing of Frederick Ashton.
Premiere performance
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. 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. Fonteyn and Nureyev brought new life to the characters, as did the set and costume designs by Nicholas Georgiadis; Fonteyn, considered to be near retirement, embarked upon a rejuvenated career with a partnership with Nureyev.
The production was filmed and received a cinematic release in 1966.