The trailblazing ballerina returned to the stage after five years for one final performance at a gala for American Ballet Theater. By Sarah Bahr and Nina Westervelt The company, now run by Susan Jaffe ...

SOME ballets bring a story on-stage, other ballets arrive with a history attached to them – Scottish Ballet’s revival of the late Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss) has ...

Knaves of hearts: Isabella Gasparini and her consorts in a rare revival of 'Danses Concertantes', the first work by a young Kenneth MacMillan for what was to become the Royal Ballet As with the ...

This new year, The Royal Ballet presents Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, marking 50 years since the production's 1974 premiere, and 100 years since the death of its esteemed designer Nicholas Georgiadis.

IT is 25 years since Dunfermline-born master choreographer Kenneth MacMillan passed away, aged just 62. A quarter- century on, the dance world continues both to mourn his passing and to celebrate his ...

Kenneth MacMillan triple bill showcases the choreographer’s expansive range and flair It would almost be hard to imagine three more different ballets than Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer and ...

1 HAIRSPRAY Will Embark on a New UK and Ireland Tour in 2027 Set to Sergei Prokofiev's emotionally charged score, each revival of MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet proves a dramatic catalyst for the ...

From Russia: centuries-old grandeur. From America: tradition retooled in a neoclassic classic. And from Great Britain: a little-known work for six barefoot dancers wearing paper crowns and garlands.

Sixty years old, and still fresh: in its anniversary year, The Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet is ardently danced. With its feuding families and star-crossed lovers, the story sings out, ...

For Ballet's Dark Knight was a programme that explained nothing where it could get away with murmured pieties or soft-focus solemnity instead, and it left the viewer knowing little more than they ...