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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
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.
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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Onegin e l’eredità di John Cranko. Nel mese di novembre la Scala renderà omaggio a John Cranko nel cinquantesimo anniversario della sua scomparsa riproponendo uno degli esempi più nobili di balletto drammatico, Onegin. Ispirato al romanzo in versi di Aleksandr Puškin e creato sulle musiche di Pëtr Il’Ič Čajkovskij, il titolo dedicato ...
843. 69K views 5 years ago. With his full-length ballet Onegin, John Cranko secured his place in the pantheon of great 20th century choreographers. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s dramatic verse...
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