Just over two months ago Richard Cragun, an astounding actor-dancer of great charisma and grace, sadly passed away. He was 67 years old. Here are some photos of Cragun with his long time partner Marcia Haydée in John Cranko's ballet "The Taming of the Shrew", one of their most famous collaborations. … [Read more...] about Richard Cragun and Marcia Haydée in John Cranko’s ballet “The Taming of the Shrew”
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Unseen photos: one month after the death of Richard Cragun we publish photos of his Swan Lake at La Scala with Carla Fracci
In 1974 at Milan's Teatro alla Scala the 37-year-old Carla Fracci danced a series of 20 performances of John Field's Swan Lake with three different partners: Rudolf Nureyev, Roberto Fascilla and Richard Cragun. Cragun, who died last month at 67, was the star of the Stuttgart Ballet company, and he charmed the Milanese audience with his noble bearing and physical beauty. A … [Read more...] about Unseen photos: one month after the death of Richard Cragun we publish photos of his Swan Lake at La Scala with Carla Fracci
Richard Cragun receives a final “Bravo!” as he’s laid to rest in Rio
Richard Cragun's funeral was held yesterday in Rio De Janeiro, two days after the dancer's death on Monday. His friend Peter Rosenwald was there: Richard was a close and exceptional friend of mine and of so many others. That he was one of the great dancers of our time needs no comment. But his humanity, his endless kindness, his unwillingness to adopt the vanities of … [Read more...] about Richard Cragun receives a final “Bravo!” as he’s laid to rest in Rio
Carla Fracci salutes her partner and friend Richard Cragun
Carla Fracci, frequent partner of the American ballet star Richard Cragun, who died yesterday at 67, remembers the dancer with the words of English poet W H Auden: Dear Richard, I honour your passing with these great words by Auden: "The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the … [Read more...] about Carla Fracci salutes her partner and friend Richard Cragun
The Ballet world loses a Prince: Richard Cragun dies at 67
Richard Cragun, one of the most important dancers of the 20th century has died at 67. His legendary partnership with Marcia Haydée, the ground-breaking work at Stuttgart Ballet with John Cranko, and his beauty and virile strength as a dancer, will earn him a permenant place in dance history. Yesterday, August 6, he suffered a seizure triggered by a lung infection, and died … [Read more...] about The Ballet world loses a Prince: Richard Cragun dies at 67
Carla Fracci with Schaufuss, Vasiliev, Cragun, Jude and others on YouTube
In 1987 a two-part television programme called The Ballerinas featured Carla Fracci, with some of the top male dancers of the period, in a series of reconstructions putting various ballets and their interpretors in an historical context. Fracci was an amazingly youthful 51 when she danced these extracts. Dance Magazine critic John Gruen wrote: The nineteenth … [Read more...] about Carla Fracci with Schaufuss, Vasiliev, Cragun, Jude and others on YouTube