#john cranko

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Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino in “Onegin” - photo by Thomas Kirchgraber

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Have you seen John Cranko (2024)?

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Voting ended onMar 13

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While the Mariinsky and Bolshoi were on summer hiatus, I also took a bit of breather from my obsessive ballet blogging. However, I wasn't completely out of pocket. I did get to see Cranko's Onegin at the Houston Ballet. If you have not seen this ballet — GO! I took my very elderly father wtih me and he had no clue what the libretto was about, but he could still follow the story, so that speaks to the ballet's narrative clarity. Connor Walsh and Karina Gonzalez Edwards did not disappoint. I was particuarly struck by Walsh's Onegin, full of arrogance and aloofness. Tatiana's growth from an infatuated girl, to a resolved woman was excellent. The corps showstopper in Act 1 was truly breathtaking. Seeing it live was utterly thrilling. You can see it it around minute 23 here:

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Madison Young

Madison Young as “Juliet Capulet”, “Romeo and Juliet Romeo und Julia”, based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, choreo by John Cranko, music by Sergey Prokofiev Сергей Прокофьев, set and costume design by Jürgen Rose, Bayerisches Staatsballett Bavarian State Ballet, Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany.

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Sam Riley as John Cranko and Gerrit Klein as Alexander in Cranko.

Sam Riley gives such emotions.❤️

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Royal Ballet Principal Dancers Matthew Ball and Yasmine Naghdi rehearsing Onegin and Tatiana pas de deux, choreography by John Cranko, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

Photographer: Andrej Uspenski

Via Matthew Ball's instagram

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There's probably not a better example of a love-hate relationship than me and the ballet Onegin.

Like I love the piece to no end. But I positively HATE so much of what Cranko did with the source material and its characters...

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The Prince of the Pagodas - Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope (1989)