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Stuttgart Ballet - still John Cranko's company

Forty years after his death, the choreographer's brilliance lives on in his old company's eclectic style

30 November 2013

9:00 AM

30 November 2013

9:00 AM

Stuttgart Ballet: Made in Germany

Sadler’s Wells

Stuttgart Ballet’s rapid ascent to fame is at the core of one of the most interesting chapters of ballet history. Between 1961 and 1973, the year of his untimely death, the South African Royal Ballet-trained choreographer John Cranko turned what had been a fairly standard ballet ensemble into a unique dance phenomenon.

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