Onegin , Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: John Cranko was not the first choreographer to portray real human beings rather than mythic swans and sylphs. Nor was he the last, nor arguably the most successful, but his 1965 ballet Onegin was, and remains, a significant example of the move from the supernatural to flesh-and-blood naturalism. Despite its status, the ballet is not consistently good, with much of the choreography fo…