I surprised myself today, I actually enjoyed a full-length ballet! It had been a couple of decades since the last time I saw John Cranko’s Onegin danced by the National Ballet of Canada. I had forgotten about or simply didn’t recognize Cranko‘s masterful choreography the last time around. He was a great and inventive choreographer, especially in the two pas-de-deux for Tatiana and Onegin. Greta Hodgkinson was brilliant and even managed to get this old cynic choked up. The choreography for the mirror pas-de-deux in the first act and the final one in the third act is truly challenging, but Greta and … Continue reading National Ballet of Canada – Onegin