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Reference code
RAD/2/MAC/3/1/13
Title
Elite Syncopations
Date(s)
- 1974 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
One envelope, 12 telegrams, one card, one typed note and one handwritten letter
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(1929-12-11 - 1992-10-29)
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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Elite Syncopations for The Royal Ballet which premiered at the Royal Opera House on 7 Oct 1974. The material comprises:
- 11 telegrams wishing Kenneth MacMillan good luck for the first night, including from John Auld and the Touring Group, Barbara Fewster, Ann Jenner, John Tooley, Peter Wright, colleagues at The Royal Ballet, 7 Oct 1974
- One telegram from Becky with covering note from Ken Davison, Organising Secretary of The Friends of Covent Garden, 8 Oct 1974
- Two page handwritten letter from Zoe Dominic, photographer, to Kenneth MacMillan expressing her admiration for Elite Syncopations, 20 Oct 1974
- One card signed 'With Love from The Elite Cast', n.d. (large)
- One envelope with Kenneth MacMillan's handwritten notes Elite and numbers of girls, boys, men and ladies
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The large card is filed in Box 55A
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Name access points
- MacMillan, Kenneth (Subject)
- The Royal Ballet (Subject)