Romeo and Juliet

One of Russia’s best-kept dance secrets, the State Ballet Theater of Russia, hails from the city of Veronezh and has brought several of its productions to McCarter in past seasons, including Swan Lake just last year.

This time, the company of 55 brings a brand-new production of one of classical ballet’s all-time favorites, Romeo and Juliet, set to the familiar Prokofiev score and choreographed by Mikhail Lavrovsky, former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, and now a leading choreographer for the Bolshoi and other companies.