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Balanchine Catalogue
Balanchine Catalogue
325. Romeo and Juliet 1959
Play by William Shakespeare
  • Music
David Amram
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Production
Directed by Jack Landau. Scenery by David Hays. Costumes by Dorothy Jeakins. Lighting by Tharon Musser
  • Premiere
June 12, 1959, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the Festival company
  • Cast
Romeo, Richard Easton; Juliet, Inga Swenson; Mercutio, William Smithers; Tybalt, Jack Bittner; Capulet, Morris Carnovsky; Lady Capulet, Nancy Wickwire; Nurse, Aline MacMahon; Friar Laurence, Hiram Sherman; and others
Performance Type
Theater
See Also
  • 278. Romeo and Juliet
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Note
Balanchine choreographed dances for the Capulet ball, Act I, Scene 5.
Balanchine in front of the curtain in a blue jacket and plaid pants after a performance of Union Jack
George Balanchine
Heather Watts in a penché, supported by Mel Tomlinson in a performance of Agon
The Foundation
Kyra Nichols amidst a corps of dancers all reaching to the side of stage in tulle skirts in a performance of Scotch Symphony
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