Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles Kenneth Mac Millans first full-evening ballet has become a signature work for the Company enjoying great popularity around the world From the outset the production teems with life & colour as the townspeople market traders & servants of the rival Montagues & Capulets go about their daily business in vibrant crowd scenes But Romeo & Juliet take centre stage for those great pas de deux the meeting in the ballroom the balcony scene the morning after the wedding & the final devastating tomb scene Although The Royal Ballet has performed Romeo & Juliet over 400 times each performance & pairing is subtly different & Lauren Cuthbertson & Federico Bonelli are utterly captivating in the title roles This performance was broadcast live from Covent Garden to cinemas worldwide