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Selected Chronology of Ballets on the Theme of Romeo and Juliet

(Compiled April, 1998)

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DATE
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMPOSER
COMPANY/PLACE

1785
Eusebio Luzzi
L. Marescalchi
Théâtre Samuele, Venice

1788
Filippo Beretti
Vincenzo Martin
La Scala Milan

Nov. 2, 1809
Ivan Valberkh
Daniel Steibelt
St. Petersberg

Feb,. 4, 1811
Vincenzo Galeotti
Claus Schall
Royal Danish Ballet

June 2, 1924
Jean Cocteau
Music from time of Shakespeare
Comte Etienne de Beaumont's Soirées de Paris. Théâtre de la Cigale

May 4 1926
Bronislav Nijinska & George Balanchine
Constant Lambert
Les Ballets Russes
Theatre de Monte Carlo

1937
Birget Bartholin
Tchaikovsky
Ballet de la Jeaunesse, Paris
Revived Royal Danish Ballet
Dec. 8, 1950

Apr. 20, 1938
William Christensen
Tchaikovsky
San Francisco Ballet

Dec. 30, 1938
Ivo Vania Psota
Prokofiev
Statni Divaldo ,Brno, Chekoslovakia

Apr. 19, 1939
Gyula Haragozó
Tchaikovsky
Budapest, Hungary

Jan. 11, 1940
Leonid Lavrovskii
Prokofiev
Kirov Ballet, Leningrad
Restaged Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, Dec. 28, 1946

Jun. 16, 1942
Serge Lifar
Tchaikovsky
Paris, Salle Pleyel

Nov. 8, 1942
Tatjana Gsovsky
Leo Spies/ Tchaikovsky
Opernhaus, Liepzig

Apr. 6, 1943
Anthony Tudor
Delius
Ballet Theatre, New York

Apr. 22, 1944
Birgit Culberg
Prokofiev
Cullberg Ballet, Stockholm. Restaged 1955 & 1969

Jul. 1, 1948
Tatjana Gsovsky
Prokofiev
Deutsche Staatsoper Ballet, Berlin

1948
Dimitrije Parlic
Prokofiev
Belgrade Opera Ballet

1949
Margarita Froman
Prokofiev
Zagreb Opera

Apr. 18, 1950
Constantin Nepo
Tchaikovsky
Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo

May 4, 1950
George Skibine
(Tragédie à Verone)
Tchaikovsky
Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, Monte Carlo

May 19 1955
Frederick Ashton
Prokofiev
Royal Danish Ballet

Aug. 1, 1955
Alfred Rodrigues
Prokfiev
Ballet de las Scala, Verona

Dec. 28, 1955
Serge Lifar
Prokofiev
Paris Opera Ballet

1955
Poul Gnat
Tchaikovsky
New Zealand Ballet

Dec. 1956
Oleg Briansky
Pas de deux only
Tchaikovsky
Lima, Peru.

Jan. 19, 1958
Todd Bolender
Tchaikovsky
Dance Drama Company, Brooklyn

Jul. 26, 1958
John Cranko
Prokofiev
La Scala Ballet, Venice
Restaged for Stuttgart Ballet, Dec. 2, 1962

May 23, 1959
Peter van Dijk
Prokofiev
Staatsoper, Hamburg

1959
Erich Walter
Berlioz
Staatsoper, Wuppertal

May 29, 1960
Tatjana Gsovsky
Leo Spies/ Tchaikovsky
Staatsoper, Berlin

Dec. 15, 1962
Nadine Legat
Berlioz/Gounod/ Tchaikovsky
Legat School, King George's Hall, London, England

1964
Frank Staff
Prokofiev
CAPAB Ballet, Cape Town, South Africa

Feb. 6, 1965
Igor Youskevitch
Tchaikovsky
Ballet Romantique, New York

Feb. 9, 1965
Kenneth MacMillan Prokofiev
The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Apr. 17, 1965
Oleg Vinogradov
Prokofiev
Novosibirsk Ballet Theater

Dec. 5, 1965
Serge Lifar
Tchaikovsky
Gothenburg Ballet

Mar. 24, 1966
Erik Bruhn
Pas de Deux
Prokofiev
Teatro dell'Opera, Rome

Nov. 17, 1966
Maurice Bejart
Hector Berlioz
Ballet du XXe Siecle, Brussels

Nov. 19, 1966
Nicholas Beriosoff
Prokofiev
Zurich Stadttheater Ballet

Jan. 18. 1967
Attilio Labis
Prokofiev
Paris Opera Ballet

Feb. 22, 1967
Rudi van Dantzig
Prokofiev
Het Nationale Ballet, Amsterdam

Jan. 14, 1969
Ruth Page
Tchaikovsky
Ruth Page's International Ballet
BalletMet presentation, May 8, 1981

Jan. 25, 1969
Alberto Alonso
Angel Vazquez Millares
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Havana

1969
Igor Chernyshev
Berlioz
Leningrad

Mar. 20, 1970
Alberto Alonso
Berlioz
Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Havana

Sept. 15, 1970
Oscar Ariaz
Prokofiev
Ballet del Teatro San Martin
Buenos Aires. Restaged for the Joffrey Ballet 1977


Feb. 14, 1971
John Neumeier
Prokofiev
Stadtische Buhnen Ballet, Frankfurt

Oct. 8, 1971
Nicolas Petrov
Prokofiev
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Jan. 9, 1972
Erich Walter
Prokofiev
Ballet of Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf

Oct. 27, 1972
Elsa Marianne von Rosen
Prokofiev
Gothenburg Ballet, Sweden

Nov. 25, 1972
Tom Schilling
Prokofiev
Komische Oper, Berlin

1972
Juan Corelli
Tchaikovsky
Sofia National Opera Ballet

1972
Nicolai Boiarchikov Prokofiev
Perm

July 7, 1973
Brian Macdonald
(Star Crossed)
Harry Freedman & Shakespeare (spoken)
Festival Canada Ballet, Ottawa

Jan. 1974
Miroslav Kura
Prokofiev
Prague National Theater Ballet

Mar. 1974
Mario Pistoni
Prokofiev
Teatro dell'Opera Ballet, Rome

June 8, 1974
Veronica Paeper
Prokofiev
CAPAB Company, Cape Town

1974
John Grant
Prokofiev
Stadttheater, Lubeck

Sep. 21, 1975
John Cranko & Roberto Fascilla
Prokofiev
Ballet of Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

1975
Jorge Sansinanea
Prokofiev
Stadtische Buhnen, Gelsenkirchen

Jan. 27, 1976
Michael Smuin
Prokofiev
San Francisco Ballet

Mar. 4, 1976
Gabriella Taub- Davash
(Pas de deux)
Prokofiev
Dance Theatre of Harlem

May 4, 1976
Gray Veredon
Berlioz
Kolner Tanz-Forum, Cologne

1976
Oleg Vinigradov
Prokofiev
Malay Theatre Ballet, Leningrad

June 2, 1977
Rudolf Nureyev
Prokofiev
London Festival Ballet
Restaged for La Scala, 1980, and Paris Opera Ballet, 1984

Sep. 23, 1977
Lorenzo Monreal
Prokofiev
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Dec. 1977
Heinz Spoerli
Prokofiev
Basel Ballet

1977
Malcolm Burn
Prokofiev
Royal New Zealand Ballet
Restaged for BalletMet Oct. 1, 1992

Feb. 22, 1978
Yuri Grigorovich
Prokofiev
Paris Opera Ballet

May 4, 1978
John Clifford
Tchaikovsky
Los Angeles Ballet Theatre

1978
Paul Mejia
Tchaikovsky
Ballet Guatemala

Apr. 3, 1979
Joyce Trisler
(Concerto in E minor)
Chopin
Joyce Trisler Danscompany, New York

Jun. 26 1979
Yuri Grigorovich
Prokofiev
Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow

1979
Eugeniusz Jakobiak & Boris Pilato
Prokofiev
Opernhaus, Essen

May 17, 1980
Richard Englund
Prokofiev
Ballet Repertory, Brooklyn, NY.

May 22, 1980
Michael Utoff
Prokofiev
Hartford Ballet

1980
Jorge Lefèbre
Ballet de Wallionie, Charleroi, Belgium

Mar. 30, 1981
Herman Rudolph
Prokofiev
Staatsoper Ballet, Berlin

Apr. 30, 1981
Yvonne Chouteau & Roman Jasinski
Tchaikovsky
Cincinnati Ballet Company

Apr. 15, 1982
Keith Martin
Prokofiev
Santa Barbara Ballet Theatre

Nov. 23 1982
Irene Schneider
Prokofiev
Ballet des Ulmer Stadttheaters, Ulm

Dec. 18, 1982
Horst Muller
Vivaldi
Nuremberg

May 17, 1984
Choo San Goh
Prokofiev
Boston Ballet

Dec. 14, 1984
Valery Panov
Prokofiev
Royal Ballet of Flanders, Antwerp

May 25, 1985
Laszlo Seregi
Prokofiev
Hungarian State Opera Ballet, Budapest

Apr. 18, 1986
Vincente Nebrada
Prokofiev
Ballet Florida, Palm Beach

May 5, 1986
Dennis Nahat
Prokofiev
Cleveland Ballet

Jan. 1987
Amedeo Amodio
Berlioz
Aterballetto, Reggio-Emillia

Jun. 3, 1987
Kent Stowell
(The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet)
Tchaikovsky
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle

Sep. 2, 1987
Ben Stevenson
Prokofiev
Houston Ballet

Nov. 5, 1988
Heidrun Schwaarz
Tchaikovsky
Ballettensemble des Essener Theatres, Aalto-Theater, Essen

Feb. 9, 1989
Loris Gai after Cranko
Prokofiev
Ballet of Teatro Massiomo, Palermo

Feb. 17, 1989
Bryan Pitts
Ballet Oaklahoma

Nov. 16, 1989
Fabrizio Monteverde
Prokofiev
Ballet di Toscana, Prato

1989
James Canfield
Prokofiev
Pacific Ballet Theatre, Portland

June 30, 1990
James Kudelka
(Romeo and Juliet before parting)
Prokofiev
Pas de deux for Rhombus Video

Oct. 9, 1990
Robert North
Prokofiev
Geneva Ballet

Nov. 17, 1990
Bertrand At
Prokofiev
Ballet du Rhin, Mulhouse

Dec. 27, 1990
Angelin Preljocaj
Prokofiev
Ballet de Lyon

Feb. 12, 1991
Massimo Moricone
Prokofiev
Northern Ballet Theatre, Blackpool, England

Oct. 3, 1991
Bruce Wells
Prokofiev
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

1991
Jochen Ulrich
Prokofiev
Tanzforum, Cologne

Feb. 23, 1992
Yuri Puzakov
(The Montagues and the Capulets)
Tchaikovsky
Moscow Dramatic Ballet

Oct. 10, 1992
Michael Corder
Prokofiev
Norwegian Narional Ballet, Oslo

Oct. 23, 1992
Nigel Burgoine
Prokofiev
Cincinnati Ballet

Feb. 26, 1993
Birgit Scherzer
Prokofiev
Saarbrucken Staatstheater Ballet

Mar. 19, 1993
Francis Patrelle
Prokofiev
Francis Patrelle and Dancers

Jan. 23, 1994
Stephan Thoss
Prokofiev
Dresden Staatsoper Ballet

Jan. 1998
Nacho Duarto
Prokofiev
Campañía Nacional de Danza. Spain

Apr. 23, 1998
David Nixon
Prokofiev
BalletMet, Columbus

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