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One seven-page insert from The Graphic about The Tower of London, with line drawings and text, 14 Aug 1885

Photographs of The Hong Kong Ballet [in The Four Seasons]

Kenneth and Deborah MacMillan stopped over in Hong Kong when returning from Australia in 1988 and spent time with The Hong Kong Ballet. The Company subsequently performed MacMillan's Concerto, Summer pas de deux and Pavane. The correspondence and contracts in this file mainly relate to arrangements for these works, with a letter from Petal [Miller] expressing her gratitude in working with the Company on the staging of Pavane. There is a photocopy of a handwritten message sent by Kenneth MacMillan for inclusion in The Hong Kong Ballet's 10th anniversary brochure

Kenneth MacMillan understood the importance of Benesh Movement Notation in recording his choreographic work and supported the work of the Institute of Choreology. He was a member of the Council of Management from 1973 and Vice President from 1981 becoming President in 1988. The material in this file includes correspondence with officers of the Institute including Directors Monica Parker and Andrew Ward, Librarian Irmgard Berry, Chairmen Nicholas Dromgoole and Roger Bramble, Secretary Francis Yeoh and Assistant/Technical Director Adrian Grater, as well as with John Sainsbury, the Arts Council, and the Director of The Julliard School Muriel Topaz. Topics covered include arrangements for securing rights in choreographic scores, the removal of Arts Council Funding and the need for fund raising including Gala Performances by The Royal Ballet and Ballet Rambert, efforts to create a Resource Centre for Dance, and publicising the Institute and Benesh Movement Notation through films and publications

Kenneth MacMillan created this one act ballet for The Royal Ballet which received its first performance on 19 Mar 1992 at the Royal Opera House, London. The score was commissioned from Brian Elias with designs by Jock McFadyen

Press cuttings of the Kirov Ballet, including a review by Clement Crisp of the first performances of Manon by the Kirov Ballet, 2004, large

The Krug Award of Excellence was conceived to promote excellence in all fields of human endeavour and was first awarded in 1979 when Kenneth MacMillan was one of the recipients. Material in this file includes letters from Remi Krug and David Russell giving details of the award ceremony, two souvenir programmes, one double page insert with details of the judges, one invitation and two tickets.

Photocopy of the script for The Little Carts or Working the Dolls, A Play in One Act by Bryan Guinness, first published in The Dublin Magazine, Spring 1968, 16 pages, with By Bryan Guinness (Lord Moyne) and an address handwritten in felt tip pen on the front page

Ona typed letter from Michael Broderick, Honorary Secretary of The London Ballet Circle, thanking Kenneth MacMillan for allowing Marguerite Porter and Julian Hosking to perform the pas de deux from Concerto in the theatre of the Royal Free Hospital, 5 Nov 1981