A film about tragic John Cranko

A film about tragic John Cranko

ballet

norman lebrecht

September 23, 2024

The Stuttgart Opera House opened its season unusually with a film premiere.

It’s a biopic by Joachim Lang of the brilliant dancer and choreographer John Cranko, who left the Royal Ballet in London after being arrested for a gay pick-up and found posterity and near-happiness in Stuttgart as its great dance creator.

Cranko choked to death in 1973 on a flight home from Philadelphia after suffering an adverse reaction to a sleeping pill.

Sam Riley (pictured) plays him in the new film.

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