''Romeo and Juliet'' is ballet created by

John Cranko John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Life and career Early life Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tran ...

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

's eponymous score for the

Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company. Dating back to 1609, then the court ballet of the dukes of Württemberg, the modern company was founded by John Cranko and is known for full-length narrative ballets. The company received the L ...

in 1962 and first seen in America in 1969. The

Joffrey Ballet The Joffrey Ballet is one of the premier dance companies and training institutions in the world today. Located in Chicago, Illinois, the Joffrey regularly performs classical and contemporary ballets during its annual performance season at Lyric O ...

presented the first American production of Cranko's choreography in its 1984–1985 season, including performances in

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at the

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and in

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at the

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Casts

Stuttgart Ballet

* Original *

Marcia Haydée Marcia Haydée Salaverry Pereira da Silva (born 18 April 1937) is a Brazilian ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She was prima ballerina of the Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko and succeeded him as the company's director, serv ...

''Juliet'' *

Ray Barra Ray Barra (born January 3, 1930) is an American former ballet dancer, a ballet master and ballet director. He was a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal dancer of the Stuttgart Ballet, where he created parts in creations by Jo ...

''Romeo'' * American premiere *

''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 Kisselgoff Anna Kisselgoff (born 12 January 1938) 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 h ...

, Thursday, 7 March 1985

External links

Joffrey Ballet
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