Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn in ROMEO AND JULIET ACT 1, 4/12, a Sergei Prokofiev ballet, 1966

The ROMEO AND JULIET ballet, ACT 1, part 4/12, from 1966 with music by Sergei Prokofiev and is perhaps best known for the performance by legendary Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. This film is the 1966 famed Royal Ballet production of ROMEO AND JULIET. This is historical and perhaps best known for the performance by legendary Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, who stars as the quintessential stage lovers. It captures the last century’s most significant dance partnership at the peak of their careers. The ballet follows the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers from feuding families in Verona. Fonteyn and Nureyev’s performance has been critically hailed as “perfection in movement which epitomizes the freedom beyond technical mastery. It expresses itself as poetic lyricism. ROMEO AND JULIET features Sergei Prokofiev’s music, recognized as the first great full-length ballet score since Tchaikovsky’s classics. The choreography of Kenneth Macmil