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Lynn Seymour and Eike Walcz
RAD/2/MAC/6/1/12 · File · 1976-1980, undated
Part of Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection

Lynn Seymour was a dancer with The Royal Ballet and a muse for many of Kenneth MacMillan's earlier ballets. She went with him when he became Director of the Deutsche Opera Ballet in Berlin where she had a relationship with fellow dancer Eike Walcz

MacMillan, Kenneth
RAD/2/MAC/6/1/12/1 · Part · 1976-1980, undated
Part of Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection

The correspondence in this file is written while Eike Walcz is in a relationship with Lynn Seymour. It comprises

  1. A handwritten note sending regards, undated
  2. Postcard from Eike at the time of Kenneth MacMillan's heart attack in Munich, Germany, 1969, n.d.
  3. A typed letter responding to a previous conversation, very critical of the life of a dancer and of Kenneth MacMillan, 29 Feb 1976
  4. One page handwritten letter reporting that Lynn (Seymour) had a nervous breakdown and has been in hospital for five weeks. Asking if Kenneth could offer her any work that would give her something positive to focus on when she leaves the hospital, 18 Aug 1980
MacMillan, Kenneth