In early August, six of Houston Ballet’s most accomplished dancers – three women and three men, working in pairs -- were thrilled to finally be learning the leading roles of a ballet some of them have ...

Houston Ballet opened its season on a ferocious emotional note this past weekend, presenting three distinctive leading casts in a riveting revival of John Cranko’s “Onegin.” All 15 those dancers – ...

Houston Ballet Principals Aaron Robison as Onegin and Yuriko Kajiya as Tatiana rehearsing John Cranko’s Onegin. Credit: Photo by Alana Campbell (2025). Courtesy of Houston Ballet It’s a story driven ...

John Cranko's Onegin returns to the Royal Ballet and Opera stage for a second block of shows this season, and it's largely good news for all involved. As a ballet it's accessible for audiences, and ...

Undaunted by the existence of two famous operatic treatments, John Cranko – then director of Stuttgart Ballet – saw the potential for wordless drama in what was originally a very wordy tale. More ...

After last year's rave reviews, an encore presentation of John Cranko's dramatic ballet, Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin's novel, returns to SF Ballet this spring. The ballet, scored by Peter ...

Move over, Carabosse and Von Rothbart. There's a new ballet villain in town. Onegin is human, but his capacity for breaking hearts makes him scarier than the sorcerers of The Sleeping Beauty and Swan ...