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Kenneth MacMillan joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet School in 1945 and the Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1946. He created his first choreography for the Sadler's Wells Choreographic Group in 1953.

1. One sepia pen and ink drawing with Sadlers Wells in a banner. On reverse a pen and ink drawing of a woman, possibly a costume design
2. Envelope address to Kenneth MacMillan, Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, 1950
3. Printed menu for the Edinburgh International Festival 1948. The front cover drawing includes two dancers, the back cover photographs include one of Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann in Swan Lake
4. Printed menu for Breakfast in the Dining Car on the Union Pacific Railroad, with 'Sadler's Wells Ballet, Covent Garden Opera and Sol Hurok Orchestra En route November 16, 1950' on reverse
5. Two photocopies of a letter from Ninette de Valois to Miss Roche reporting on her impression of Kenneth MacMillan following his recent audition, 8 Jan 1945
6. Two letters each from Ailne Phillips and Donald Albery to William MacMillan (Kenneth MacMillan's father) re scholarship and accommodation, Nov [1944] - Apr 1945

The material relates to two typescript scenarios for ballets submitted for consideration to the Sadler's Wells Ballet

1. La Fenetre by Leo Quayle, two page typescript with pencil drawing of set layout, correspondence between Leo Quayle, Robert Irving and Ninette de Valois, 9 Jun 1952 - 31 Dec 1954
2. The Dancing Bear by Peter Skelton, four page typescript, correspondence between Peter Skelton and Ninette de Valois 1 Feb 1954 - 1 Jan 1955, handwritten note from [John Piper], n.d.

Four photographs of the first performance of Noctambules by Sadler's Wells Ballet, and one photograph of Nadia Nerina, Kenneth MacMillan and Nicholas Georgiadis looking at Nerina's costume (large)

Black and white postcards and photographs of Kenneth MacMillan with the Sadler's Wells and Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Companies in Blood Wedding, Cafe des Sports, Children's Corner, Giselle Act I pas de deux, The Great Detective, Khadra, Le Lac des cygnes Act III pas de trois, The Lady and the Fool, Parures, Pastorale, Pineapple Poll, The Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides and Valses nobles et sentimentales, c.1946-1953. Some with autographs. The five sepia photographs in ballet poses have discoloured significantly