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FILTER RESULTS ►Mayerling – not here
From London's Daily Express today: WHEN it comes to exploring the darkest corners of the psyche through ballet there is nobody to touch the late choreographer Kenneth MacMillan. And they don't come much darker than Mayerling. Based on the true,...
Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty @ Coliseum
English National Ballet begins 2013 in style with a Tchaikovsky masterpiece, interpreted by one of the truly great choreographers of the twentieth century, Kenneth MacMillan. MacMillan’s production does not take any radical stance on...Show More Summary
Review: Royal Ballet Mixed Bill @ Royal Opera House
The world of classical ballet has always indulged in tragedy – cursed enchantments, jealous rivals and doomed romance are bread and butter for repertory companies the world over. But it was choreographer Kenneth MacMillan who brought...Show More Summary
"He believed that you can say anything through dance"
It's 20 years since Sir Kenneth MacMillan died and the Royal Ballet is about to open a triple bill of his works to mark the anniversary. I had a wonderful talk the other week with his widow, Lady Deborah MacMillan, and my piece is out today. Show More Summary
The Prince of the Pagoda
Its something of a miracle that Kenneth Macmillan's choreography for The Prince of the Pagodas exists at all. The choreographer was interested in working on Britten's score, but the composer refused to help by making changes to the score. Show More Summary
The Prince of the Pagodas: A Photo Gallery
Kenneth MacMillan’s fairy tale homage to Petipa, Cranko, Ashton and De Valois, The Prince of the Pagodas, as captured by photographer Alice Pennefather during the current revival at the Royal Opera House: (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH About Alice Pennefather: With a twin [...]
ABT – Romeo and Juliet – Cornejo & Reyes
ABT got back to serious business last night with its opening performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. This is one damn fine ballet. Not much can spoil it - not even a crummy violinist who seems to use the...
Dance Review: The Prince Of The Pagodas @ Royal Opera House
What do you do when your dad divides up the kingdom and gives your sister the larger share? You turn her boyfriend into a salamander and put a curse on the court, of course. Or that’s what happens in Kenneth MacMillan’s 1989 ballet The Prince of the Pagodas. Show More Summary
In Darcey's shoes?
Tonight Kenneth MacMillan's last full-evening ballet, The Prince of the Pagodas, opens at Covent Garden after being missing for a generation. It's so much associated with Darcey Bussell, whom it propelled to stardom, that to step into her shoes is a tall order. Show More Summary
Scottish Ballet's extremes, from Kenneth MacMillan to Jorma Elo
Sir Kenneth MacMillan's “Song of the Earth,” is on the program when Scottish Ballet performs at the Music Center Friday through next Sunday. Also on the bill: Jorma Elo's "Kings 2 Ends."
Last Chance
Return of the Masters offers the chance to see three ballets by some of the world’s most esteemed choreographers: Sir Frederick Ashton, Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Jerome Robbins. Here are some beautiful photos of Houston Ballet dancers in each of the pieces. You still have time to come see Return of the Masters through September [...]
Getting Ready for #RomeO2
Tonight The Royal Ballet begins its three-day residency at London’s O2. This is the first time the Company has set foot on a UK arena and, to mark the occasion, they are fielding an all-star cast to perform in Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet. Taking turns as the famous star-crossed lovers are Carlos Acosta and [...]
The Biggest Performance of R&J EVER
This weekend The Royal Ballet will present four performances of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet in London's mammoth O2 Arena complete with giant video screens which will capture the action and faces up close. This rock star sized ballet production...
ABT – Lady of the Camellias – 6/4 mat & eve
Each viewing of Lady of the Camellias increasingly reveals how much choreographer John Neumeier admired Kenneth MacMillan. This probably explains why the New York Times dance critics, lead by the critic who would like to run MacMillan out of town,...
Royal Ballet Triple Bill
Last night we went to the Royal Opera House to see the Royal Ballet's latest triple bill, Frederick Ashton's Scenes de Ballet, Glen Tetley's Voluntaries and Kenneth MacMillan's The Rite of Spring. An interesting programme spanning the...Show More Summary
Reading ‘The King of Madison Avenue’
Title: The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising Author: Kenneth Roman Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0230100367, 304 pages Author and adman Kenneth Roman worked for and with David Ogilvy for a quarter century at Ogilvy's groundbreaking ad agency Ogilvy & Mather. Show More Summary
Behind the scenes at our Concerto shoot
sfjcs;d George Antoni, the top photographer who came up with our dramatic Checkmate shoot, had a strikingly different vision for Concerto, Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s technically fiendish challenge to the dancers of Ballett de Deutschen Oper. Along with Christopher Wheeldon’s After … Continue reading ?
Manon gets richer
The Arts Desk reports today that Lady Deborah MacMillan recently approved the re-orchestration of the music for Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon and has decided that the new score will be the standard orchestration for all productions. Premiered by the Finnish...
The Royal Ballet presents Romeo & Juliet at The O2
The Royal Ballet will dance a unique production of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet at The O2 arena in June 2011. It will be the first time the Company has danced in a UK arena and, in order to fully celebrate the occasion, there will be up to 2000 specially-priced £10 tickets at every performance. [...]
Ready to Start
Last week we attended Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s week-long season at Sadler’s Wells. They brought to London two different autumn bills: Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and Pointes of View, with works by MacMillan, Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. Each Bag Lady caught up with one program. Linda on Romeo & Juliet: Having seen Romeo and Juliet [...]
