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John Cranko nel 1965, ritratto da Eva Zippel. John Cyril Cranko (Rustenburg, 15 agosto 1927 – Dublino, 26 giugno 1973) è stato un danzatore e coreografo sudafricano con cittadinanza britannica noto per aver portato alla fama internazionale il Balletto di Stoccarda.
John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet . Life and career. Early life. Cranko was born to Herbert and Grace Cranko in Rustenburg in the former province of Transvaal, Union of South Africa.
- 26 June 1973 (aged 45), On board a transatlantic flight from Philadelphia to Stuttgart
- Herbert and Grace Cranko
- Ballet dancer and choreographer
Germany. The John Cranko Schule is one of the most renowned ballet schools world-wide, which trains state-approved classical dancers. Students of ages six to eighteen may be admitted. An entrance exam is necessary for an accepatance to the school.
from the Foreword by Sir David Bintley CBE, choreographer and director of Birmingham Royal Ballet 1995-2019. In a lifetime of reading biographies I have never once read one that so vividly paints such clarity defining portraits of a man’s genius – on all Arts related subjects – love affairs, wit and idiosyncrasies.
Company founder and choreographer (1961 – 1973) Vita. John Cranko was born on August 15, 1927 in Rustenburg, South Africa. He received his dance education mainly at the University of Cape Town, where he also choreographed his first ballet to Stravinsky’s Suite from The Soldier’s Tale.
John Cranko was a dancer, choreographer, and ballet director best known for his work with the Stuttgart Ballet. His basic dance training was at the Cape Town University Ballet School, where he performed as well as choreographed his first ballet, The Soldier’s Tale (1942).
Cranko’s big breakthrough in Stuttgart came with the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet (1962). He also created many smaller choreographic gems, such as Jeu de cartes and Opus I, but it was his dramatic narrative ballets like Onegin , The Taming of the Shrew, Carmen and Poème de l 'Extase that placed Cranko firmly in the pantheon of great ...
