Thiago Soares and Valeri Hristov on why Onegin is a masterpiece (The Royal Ballet)

Principal dancers for The Royal Ballet Thiago Soares and Valeri Hristov on playing Onegin in John Cranko’s ballet Onegin. Find out more at John Cranko became acquainted with Alexander Pushkin’s verse-novel Eugene Onegin when he choreographed the dances for Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s opera of the same name in 1952. He created his own distinctive version of Pushkin’s work in 1965 for the Stuttgart Ballet. Onegin displays all of Cranko’s genius as a narrative choreographer, featu