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Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 1929 [citation needed] – 29 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death.
Kenneth MacMillan (ur. 11 grudnia 1929 w Dunfermline, zm. 29 października 1992 w Londynie) – angielski tancerz i choreograf.
Kenneth MacMillan died at the Royal Opera House on a night when Birmingham Royal Ballet was presenting his Romeo and Juliet in Birmingham, and when Mayerling was being revived at Covent Garden after a long break. The curtain calls were cut short by the news that he had collapsed backstage.
Sir Kenneth MacMillan died on backstage at the Royal Opera House on October 29th, 1992 during a revival of Mayerling. Some of MacMillan’s most significant muses included Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Monica Mason, Marcia Haydée, David Wall, Darcey Bussell and Irek Mukhamedov.
MacMillan’s Journey featured four principals, three soloists and an ensemble of three women and twelve men. Its subject was death, from the first premonition of it to the final judgement, and was in four sections – Premonitions, Three Messengers of Death, Journey and Judgement. The men, used in the manner of a Greek chorus, come ...
30 paź 1992 · Sir Kenneth MacMillan, the resident choreographer and former director of the Royal Ballet in London, died last night backstage at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. He was 62 years old....
31 paź 1992 · Less than a minute later Jeremy Isaacs and Anthony Dowell appeared on stage to announce that the creator of the ballet, Sir Kenneth MacMillan had suffered a heart attack during the final act,...
