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Behind the Ballet with Elizabeth Kaye

Photo: Patrick Frenette.

June 14, 2024

Behind the Ballet with Elizabeth Kaye

Onegin

The first installment of Behind the Ballet for the 2024 Summer season unearths the emotionally charged classic ballet Onegin. ABT Dance Historian and New York Times #1 best-selling author Elizabeth Kaye gives us an in-depth glance of the plot structure in this ballet adaptation of the original verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin, and explains exactly why this ballet remains an audience and dancer favorite.