kids encyclopedia robot

Romeo and Juliet (ballet) facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
RIAN archive 11591 Galina Ulanova and Yury Zhdanov in the ballet "Romeo And Juliet"
Galina Ulanova and Yury Zhdanov, 1954

Romeo and Juliet is a ballet. The music was written by Sergei Prokofiev. The ballet is based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet. The ballet was first performed in Brno (now in the Czech Republic) in 1938. It has been re-choreographed many times, notably by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1955, John Cranko in 1962, Kenneth MacMillan in 1965, and Rudolph Nureyev in 1977.


Images for kids

  • Nadja Sellrup and Pascal Jansson in Romeo and Juliet 2010

    A 2010 production at the Royal Swedish Opera

  • Romeo i Julia (2) w choreografii Krzysztofa Pastora, Polski Balet Narodowy, fot. Ewa Krasucka TW-ON

    A 2014 Krzysztof Pastor's production at the Polish National Ballet, dancers: Vladimir Yaroshenko and Maria Żuk

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Romeo y Julieta (Prokófiev) para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Romeo and Juliet (ballet) Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.