Romeo and Juliet (Lavery)

{{short description|1991 ballet by Sean Lavery}}

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| name = Romeo and Juliet

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| choreographer = Sean Lavery

| composer = Sergei Prokofiev

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| premiere = 1965

| place = New York State Theater, Lincoln Center

| ballet_company = New York City Ballet

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| genre = Neoclassical ballet

| type = Classical ballet

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The balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet was staged by Sean Lavery, assistant to the ballet master in chief at New York City Ballet to Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1934–1940). The premiere took place 24 February 1991 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.