Title: Romeo and Juliet
Description: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Martin Feinstein, executive director of performing arts, Julius Rudel, music director and S. Hurok present, by arrangement with The Wuerttemberg State Theatre, general administrator Hans Peter Doll, administrative director Georg Zoller, The Stuttgart Ballet, director John Cranko, assistant director, Anne Wooliams, conductors Stewart Kershaw, Friedrich Lehn, Jacques Beaudry. "Romeo and Juliet," ballet in three acts (after Shakespeare), world premiere: January 11, 1940; first performance Stuttgart Ballet: December 2, 1962, music by Serge Prokofiev, choreography by John Cranko, scenery and costumes by Jürgen Rose, lighting by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr., conductor: Jaques Beaudry.