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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 19970126
Author:Campbell, Karen

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Dancers put poetry in motion with Pushkin's 'Onegin'

Mention Alexander Pushkin's epic 19th-century verse poem "Eugene Onegin" to an American and you'll probably get a shrug and a look of embarrassed confusion.

But for the people of the former Soviet Union, Pushkin is as revered a cultural icon as Shakespeare is in England, and his "Eugene Onegin" is considered the most treasured gem of Russia's poetic heritage, a powerful reflection of the nation's psyche.

So, for ballet dancers of Russian descent, John Cranko's evening-length choreographic treatment of the ...

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