Pushkin in Prague: a fine revival of Onegin by Czech National Ballet

Patrik Holeček and Alina Nanu as Onegin and Tatiana in Onegin

Ayaka Fujii as Olga in Onegin

Federico Ievoli as Lensky in Onegin

Patrik Holeček and Alina Nanu as Onegin and Tatiana in Onegin

By Jonathan Gray, 12 February 2023

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“his body etched out the long lines of Cranko’s choreography like a great black eagle”

Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 9 February 2023

Onegin (John Cranko)

The Czech National Ballet

Václav Zahradník, Conductor

Sergej Poluektov, Conductor

Jane Bourne, Director

Elisabeth Dalton, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Steen Bjarke, Lighting Designer

Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Filip Barankiewicz, Director

Alina Nanu, Dancer

Marek Svobodník, Dancer

Ayaka Fujii, Dancer

Patrik Holeček, Dancer

Federico Ievoli, Dancer

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****1

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Jonathan Gray

Jonathan Gray was born in Wales and studied at The Royal Ballet School, Leicester Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art. He was a member of the curatorial department of The Theatre Museum, London, from 1989 until 2005, and was editor of Dancing Times from 2008 until its closure in 2022.