Peter Schaufuss was just five years old when Frederick Ashton came to Copenhagen in 1954 to begin choreographing the first “Romeo and Juliet” ballet in the West for the Royal Danish Ballet. Both his ...

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This ballet is old enough to nab a Freedom Pass, but refuses to act its age. Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet premiered ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and ...

A new three-act ballet closely based on Shakespeare’s text, it presented Romeo and Juliet – in tune with the zeitgeist – as real, impulsive, hormonally charged teenagers. After the curtain, the ...

WOW! Birmingham Royal Ballet’s take on Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is breathtakingly wonderful from staging to corps de ballet – and everything in between. Paul Andrews’ touring set is ...

All masked up: César Morales as Romeo and Mimoko Hirata as Juliet in Birmingham Royal Ballet's unique 1992 production of Kenneth MacMillan's ballet photo: Bill Cooper A box office hit since its ...

The Sarasota Ballet will perform Sir Frederick Ashton's stunning Romeo and Juliet with live music at the Van Wezel from March 28 to 29, 2025. Presented by The Sarasota Ballet What’s This? March 11, ...

Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, set to the evocative score by Sergey Prokofiev, is one of the Royal Ballet’s best-loved works. Premiered in 1965, last night was the 537th performance, though ...

Romeo and Juliet was Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet, and, from its premiere in 1965, has been one of The Royal Ballet's signature works, popular all over the world. At the beginning of ...

Romeo and Juliet fall passionately in love, but their families are caught up in a deadly feud. They marry in secret, but tragic circumstances lead Romeo to fight and kill Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. As ...