Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

This article is about the Cranko ballet. For Kenneth MacMillan's ballet, see Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan). For Rudolf Nureyev's ballet, see Romeo and Juliet (Nureyev). For Sean Lavery's setting of the balcony scene, see Romeo and Juliet (Lavery). For Peter Martins' ballet, see Romeo + Juliet (ballet). For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation).

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.

Romeo and Juliet
Choreographer	John Cranko
Music	Sergei Prokofiev
Premiere	1962 Stuttgart
Original ballet company	Stuttgart Ballet
Genre	Neoclassical ballet
Type	classical ballet

Casts

Stuttgart Ballet

Original

Marcia Haydée Juliet

Ray Barra Romeo

American premiere

Marcia Haydée 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, Thursday, 7 March 1985

External links

• Joffrey Ballet