Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet choreographed, and re-conceived for television, by Michael Smuin. Diana Weber and Jim Sohm dance the title roles. Denis de Coteau conducts the Performing Arts Orchestra of San Francisco.
- Series
- Dance in America
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 7 Jun 1978 (Channel: WNET Channel 13)
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Director
- Merrill Brockway
- Producer
- Emile Ardolino; Judy Kinberg
- Writer
- Tobi Tobias
- Music
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Production Design
- William Pitkin
- Costume
- William Pitkin
- Choreographer
- Michael Smuin
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre company
- San Francisco Ballet
- Production type
- Dance
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- History
- The performance was transmitted again on PBS 6 June 1979 under the ‘Great Performances’ umbrella and introduced by actor Richard Thomas; it is this transmission which is held by The Paley Center for Media.
Production Company
- Name
PBS
- Web
- http://www.pbs.org External site opens in new window
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- 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
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66929 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)