Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)

Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company, enjoying great popularity around the world. From the outset, the production teems with life and colour as the townspeople, market traders and servants of the rival Montagues and Capulets go about their daily business in vibrant crowd scenes. But Romeo and Juliet take centre stage for those great pas de deux: the meeting in the ballroom, the balcony scene, the morning after the wedding and the final devastating tomb scene. Although The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times, each performance and pairing is subtly different and Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico Bonelli are utterly captivating in the title roles.

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Dangerous Ones

Dangerous Ones

2022

Campus Sleuth

Campus Sleuth

1948

Nureyev Unzipped

1998

Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda

Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda

2019

Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire

Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire

2012

Bolshoi Ballet Romeo and Juliet

Bolshoi Ballet Romeo and Juliet

2020

Dance of the Dragon

Dance of the Dragon

2008

Rise

Rise

2022

Electronic Awakening

Electronic Awakening

2011

Shockers: Dance

1999

Tuff Turf

Tuff Turf

1985

House of Trés

House of Trés

1989

Honey

Honey

2003

Flight Dance Live

Flight Dance Live

2023

Off Ground

2013

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

2018

Madonna: Truth or Dare

Madonna: Truth or Dare

1991

Wallachian Dance

1905

Dance for All

2007

Step Up

Step Up

2006