Pittsburg Ballet Theatre

Synopsis

Footage of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s complete rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet, interspersed with rehearsals from other works. Alexander Filipov and Edra Toth dance the leads; the choreography is by Nicolas Petrov to music by Prokofiev.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

4 Dec 1971

Duration

125 mins

Credits

Writer

Leonid Lavrosky

Music

Sergei Prokofiev

Costume

Henry Heymann

Choreographer

Nicolas Petrov

Cast

Alexander Filipov	Romeo
Edra Toth	Juliet
Orrin Kavan	Mercutio

Additional Details

Theatre company

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Production type

Dance

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

ballet; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Notes

General

The majority of the dancers are in rehearsal clothes. Some of the dancers in the Romeo and Juliet sequences (c112 mins) wear full or partial costumes.

Archive

Name

Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

Email

dance@nypl.org

Web

http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window

Phone

212 870 1657

Fax

212 870 1869

Address

New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498