Buried Desires In Royal Ballet’s Onegin — londonist.com

John Cranko’s Onegin dates from a time when ballet choreographers were moving towards more realistic, socially-driven narratives based on existing plays and novels and away from the supernatural folktale basis of classical 19th century ballet. Cranko had created a highly successful staging of Romeo and Juliet in 1962; three years later, he reworked Pushkin’s verse-novel into a full-length performance for the Stuttgart Ballet.

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