Work Details
Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare
Composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Music
Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, Op.64
Costume Design
Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design
James F. Ingalls
Scenic Design
Allen Moyer
Premiere Date
July 04, 2008
Premiere Venue
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Premiere Location
Annandale on Hudson, NY
Number of Dancers
24
Details
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Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New Engalnd Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by The Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JP Morgan Chase Foundation and MetLife Foundation.
A Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College/Mark Morris Dance Group production in association with barbicanbite08, London; Cal Performances, Berkeley; Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millenium Park, Chicago; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Virginia Arts Festival; and The Shelby and Frederick Gans Fund.
Sergey Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, Op.64, restored by Simon Morrison, is performed with exclusive permission of the Prokofiev Estate and G. Shermer Inc., the bearers of the rights to the music. Source materials used in this production are provided by the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art.