Venue: Zellerbach Hall

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Tracing its history back as far as 1609, the esteemed Stuttgart Ballet came to new life in 1961 with the appointment of now legendary choreographer John Cranko as ballet director. His 1962 staging of Romeo and Juliet was considered a major critical and popular breakthrough for the ensemble on the international dance scene. Today considered one of the world's most illustrious companies, the Stuttgart has been a showcase for the early works of such choreographers as Jirí Kylián and William Forsythe, and under the recent direction of Reid Anderson, the Stuttgart has presented no less than 14 world and nine company premieres in its last three seasons alone. The company performs the Bay Area premiere of Cranko's original staging of Shakespeare's beloved tragedy of star-crossed lovers, "arguably the best treatment of Prokofiev's celebrated ballet score," says Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times.

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