Word: cranko
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although it has half a satchelful of new works in its American repertory, e.g., Principal Choreographer Frederick Ashton's Homage to the Queen and Daphnis and Chloe and John Cranko's The Shadow, most of Sadler's ten works are story ballets in the romantic tradition. But modernity and novelty are not everything: the company's four weeks at the Met are almost completely sold out, and its 15 weeks on the road are solidly booked...
...Dante's Interno. The mystic mood is extremely moving, especially when Pirman Treeu battles with an ever-increasing host of unicorns to win Columbine. Treeu is one of the most powerful and graceful dancers that I have seen in this medium. Praise should also go to John Cranko for the fresh, wierd choreography and to John Piper for effective costumes and decor...