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The Royal Ballet marks the centenary of Margot Fonteyn’s birth with a special programme that commemorates one of the defining figures of British Ballet
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A harrowing tale of innocence corrupted; English National Ballet’s Manon with Kenneth Macmillan’s masterful choreography returns to the London Coliseum
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Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Laura Morera talks to Culture Whisper, as she prepares to debut in the complex Chekhovian role of Masha in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Winter Dreams
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s brief season at Sadler’s Wells kicked off with its own production of Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet
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Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan’s potent real-life tale of love, lust and death, returns to Covent Garden as part of the Royal Ballet’s autumn season
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Mesmerising Alina Cojocaru leads English National Ballet in a fine display of lucid storytelling and dazzling glamour in Macmillan’s The Sleeping Beauty
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A commemorative programme at the Barbican provides a rare insight into the early work of the choreographer who was to leave an indelible mark on British ballet: Kenneth MacMillan
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The Royal Ballet’s last mixed bill of the current season consists of three strongly contrasting works with something for everyone
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Ballet superstar Irek Mukhamedov talks to Culture Whisper as he prepares for his return to the stage in the forthcoming Men in Motion programme at the Coliseum
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Two short homage works conclude the Royal Ballet’s celebration of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan on the 25th anniversary of his death
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The second of three collaborative programmes celebrating the choreographic genius of Kenneth MacMillan showcases two of his most ambitious dance works
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The first of three collaborative mixed bills paying tribute to choreographer Kenneth MacMillan presents two of his sunniest ballets alongside a revival of his dark classical fairy-tale
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Two significant anniversaries, five world premieres, a busy live cinema programme and the return of much loved classics - the Royal Ballet’s 2017/18 Season is a mouth-watering affair.
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Mayerling, Kenneth Macmillan’s dark and complex tale of political intrigue, madness and death in the Austro-Hungarian court, returns to Covent Garden in the Spring
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Revivals of masterworks by Kenneth Macmillan and Robert Cohan feature alongside three new pieces in Yorke Dance Project’s Rewind Forward at Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio
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Kenneth MacMillan’s compelling dramatic ballet, Anastasia, blending personal anguish and the upheavals of a country in revolution, makes a welcome return to Covent Garden in the autumn.
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Love and despair know no bounds in the Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet, Kenneth Macmillan’s ageless tragedy.
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The Birmingham Royal Ballet present classic works from great choreographers on the theme of war and the shadows it casts over people’s lives.