Emerging Pictures Bringing London's Royal Ballet Production of "Romeo and Juliet" Live in HD to Movie Theaters Nationwide Starting Thursday, March 22

NEW YORK, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With its Ballet in Cinema series, Emerging Pictures will bring world-class ballet to the big screen with a LIVE in HD performance from London's Royal Ballet of Sergey Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, on Thursday, March 22nd, at 3:30 p.m. (Eastern).

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The live performance will be seen simultaneously in nearly 150 of Emerging's network of 300 theaters; the other theaters in the network will show the performance "captured live" in the weeks following the live performance.

Dancing the title roles will be internationally renowned ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson and Federico Bonelli, with music performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Pavel Sorokin.

Participating theaters (www.balletincinema.com) and tickets are available at theater box offices and online at http://www.balletincinema.com/titles/romeo-and-juliet-royal-ballet/.

Prokofiev's score for "Romeo and Juliet" was completed in 1936 and originally performed with choreography by fellow Russian Ivo Vana-Psota. In 1962 Kenneth MacMillan was asked to choreograph it for The Royal Ballet.  Now widely considered the definitive version of the ballet, MacMillan produced one of his most famous and acclaimed works.  His use of naturalistic acting and gesture — the explicit expression of adolescent passion between the two young lovers — was a startling innovation at the time.  In this production Nicholas Georgiadis's earthy Renaissance designs, with some of the original details recently restored, are the perfect backdrop to Shakespeare's tale of two star-crossed lovers.

About Emerging Pictures

Emerging Pictures, managed by Barry Rebo and Ira Deutchman, is the largest all-digital Specialty Film and Alternate Content theater network in the United States. With hundreds of venues in the U.S. as well as a growing presence across the globe — from London to Latvia — Emerging's network includes traditional art houses, museums, performing arts centers and commercial multiplexes, including Carmike Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Allen Theatres, Laemmle Theaters and others. The company also distributes programming worldwide under its Ballet in Cinema and Opera in Cinema brands.

SOURCE Emerging Pictures