Romeo and Juliet: Of star-crossed lovers and spectacular sets

Uruguayan dancers Gustavo Carvalho (L) and Maria Noel Riccetto perform in the roles of Romeo and Juliet during a ballet performance in Montevideo on December 4. (AFP)

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Uruguayan dancers Gustavo Carvalho (L) and Maria Noel Riccetto perform in the roles of Romeo and Juliet during a ballet performance in Montevideo on December 4. (AFP)

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Carvalho and Riccetto in a sequence from the tragedy written by William Shakespeare. (AFP)

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Members of the group rehearsing to Scottish choreographer Kenneth McMillan's interpretation of the ballet. (AFP)

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A sequence from the ballet. (AFP)

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Riccetto as Juliet in a scene from the ballet. (AFP)

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Carvalho and Riccetto as Romeo and Juliet . (AFP)

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Carvalho and Riccetto showing off their acrobatic skills. (AFP)

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Another scene from the ballet. Sir Kenneth MacMillan was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977. (AFP)

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MacMillan was knighted in 1983, and he received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh (1976) and the Royal College of Art (1992). (AFP)