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- 1949-1980 (Creation)
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Five letters and one receipt from and to Dr Carl Lambert, and two medical research off-prints by Dr Lambert
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Kenneth MacMillan was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and began ballet classes in Retford, England, in 1940. He joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet School in 1944 and later the Sadler's Wells Ballet but gave up dancing for choreography partly due to crippling stage fright. His first choreographic work was Somnambulism, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet Choreographic Group in 1953 and he created works for both Royal Ballet companies throughout his career. He created significant works for The Stuttgart Ballet and his works are danced by ballet companies world-wide. He has also created work for television and cinema.
Kenneth MacMillan was Director of the Deutsche Oper Ballet in Berlin from 1966 to 1969, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet from 1970 to 1977 and its Principal Chroreographer from 1977 until his death. He was also Associate Director of American Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1989, and Artistic Associate of the Houston Ballet from 1989 to 1992.
Kenneth MacMillan was knighted in 1983, and he received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh (1976) and the Royal College of Art (1992). His awards include the Evening Standard Ballet Award (1979); Society of West End Theatre Ballet Award, 1980 and 1983; and, posthumously, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in 1993 for The Judas Tree; the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 1993; and the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1994 for Carousel
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- Four typed notes on letter headed paper, from Carl Lambert To whom it may concern, certifying medication and treatment received by Kenneth MacMillan. 29 Mar 1973-1 Nov 1980. One with envelope with Insurance written on reverse
- Receipt from Dr Carl Lambert For Professional Services July 1973, Consultations and intravenous injections. 1 Aug 1973
- Letter from Dr A W Frankland to Dr Lambert re results following Kenneth MacMillan's referral. 11 Jul 1979
- Academic publication by Carl Lambert, Observations on Homosexuals. Published by Istanbul University, 1949. Autograph inscription on first page To my dear friend Debbie from Carl 22.X.72
- Academic publication by Carl Lambert, Technique in the Use of Phencyclidine. Reprinted from The Proceedings of the Quarterly Meeting of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association in London February 1961. London 1963
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- MacMillan, Kenneth (Subject)
- Lambert, Carl (Subject)