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 ...
Part of Ballet in Cinema. Considered one of The Royal Ballet’s signature works, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet brings together Shakespeare’s tragic love story and Prokofiev’s passionate, ...
Set to Sergei Prokofiev's emotionally charged score, each revival of MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet proves a dramatic catalyst for the interpretive powers of the full Company as the ballet sweeps ...
LONDON (Reuters) - As a young aspiring ballerina, Francesca Hayward would repeatedly practice making an entrance as Romeo's Juliet, pretending her living room was a live auditorium. Years later, the ...
The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two ...
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, ...
DULUTH — How does one take a story that in its most famous form is filled with words and tell that with only dance? That's the challenge presented to the dancers of the Minnesota Ballet's final show ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ballet Austin is closing out its season with a rendition of the iconic love story “Romeo and Juliet.” Rehearsals are underway now before the production hits the stage at Austin’s Long ...