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(Russian Ballet Choreographer Famous for Choreographing the First Full Version of Sergei Prokofiev’s 'Romeo and Juliet') Leonid Lavrovsky was a Russian ballet choreographer best remembered for choreographing Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. In 1944, he was chosen as the Bolshoi Theater's head ballet master, thanks to the success and popularity of Romeo and Juliet. At the Bolshoi, Leonid Lavrovsky restaged Romeo and Juliet in 1946 for which he received the prestigious Stalin Prize.
