Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)
Encyclopedia
Romeo and Juliet is ballet made by John Cranko
to Serge Prokofiev's eponymous score on the Stuttgart Ballet
in 1962 and first seen in America in 1969.
John Cranko
John Cyril Cranko was a choreographer with the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet....
to Serge Prokofiev's eponymous score on the Stuttgart Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die...
in 1962 and first seen in America in 1969.
Stuttgart Ballet
- original
- American premiere
- Marcia Haydee Juliet
- Richard Cragun Romeo
Joffrey Ballet
- 1985
- Patricia Miller Juliet
- Deborah Dawn Rosalind
- Charlene Gehm Lady Capulet
- James Canfield Romeo
- Luis Perez Mercutio
- Jerel Hilding Tybalt
- Tom Mossbrucker Paris
Reviews
- NY Times, by Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, Thursday, March 7th, 1985