Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux

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Title

Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux

Collection

Rudolf Nureyev Video Archive

Names

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 (Dancer)
Seymour, Lynn, 1939- (Dancer)
Sibley, Antoinette (Dancer)
Dowell, Anthony (Dancer)
Park, Merle (Dancer)
McLeary, Donald (Dancer)
MacMillan, Kenneth (Choreographer)
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 (Composer)
Royal Ballet (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1970 - 1979 (Approximate)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5085
Shelf locator: *MGZIA 4-4157 RNC (former)

Subjects

Pas de deux
Ballets -- Excerpts
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Romeo i Dzhulʹetta (Ballet)
Ballet

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography by Kenneth MacMillan ; music by Sergey Prokofiev.
Content: Accompanied by data sheet.
Performers: Danced by members of the Royal Ballet. Dancers in order of appearance: Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell ; Lynn Seymour and Rudolf Nureyev ; Merle Park (?) and Donald McLeary (?) ; unidentified couple.
Venue: Filmed onstage, with piano accompaniment, location and date not identified.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 film reel (14 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm

Abstract

According to ballerina Lynn Seymour, this film was shot for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The balcony scene pas de deux of Romeo and Juliet is filmed twice, the first time featuring four couples in succession, one dissolving into another. The second filming is danced only by Lynn Seymour and Rudolf Nureyev.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY01-F477
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15343403
AMI Identifier: *MGZIDF 5085
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f24f5480-b3a4-0136-70c3-298c8a5a7f33

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970 - 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f24f5480-b3a4-0136-70c3-298c8a5a7f33

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970 - 1979). Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f24f5480-b3a4-0136-70c3-298c8a5a7f33

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f24f5480-b3a4-0136-70c3-298c8a5a7f33

Wikipedia citation

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