Natalia Osipova on Onegin (The Royal Ballet)

Principal of The Royal Ballet Natalia Osipova on preparing for her debut performance as Tatiana in John Cranko’s 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, featur