"Cranko"

In the organizer's words:

Stuttgart 1960 - when choreographer John Cranko lands by plane, he has no idea that this moment will change his life. He is to guest choreograph at the Stuttgart Ballet. In London, where he had to endure numerous humiliations, including being banned from working, because of his homosexuality, nothing could hold him back. In the tranquil city, John Cranko recovers from his humiliating experiences and nobody seems to be bothered by his unconventional lifestyle.

After a short time, he becomes ballet director, the darling of the audience, devotes himself to his art and an intoxicating lifestyle, has affairs, suffers private setbacks and deep crises, runs his office in the theater canteen and refers to his company as 'his children'. The rapid and steep rise to the top of the world, the "Stuttgart Ballet Miracle", made John Cranko a superstar of his time. Driven by an obsession and passion for his work, John Cranko is always in search of perfection. At the height of his career, he died unexpectedly and far too young on a flight back from a tour of his company in the USA, surrounded by the dancers who were on board with him.