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Kenneth MacMillan created the three-act ballet Manon for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 7.3.1974 at the Royal Opera House. The ballet was recorded in Benesh Movement Notation by Monica Parker and there are four files of the score in the Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection. This file contains Act III of Monica Parker's working score and comprises

1. One lined page with a list of the music and dances, some with dancers' names atttached, in blue biro and pencil
2. Two typed pages, one with instructions for filing the document, one with a typed list of the scenes in Act III by number, and the page number for the music score
3. 39 pages of the Benesh Movement Notation score in pencil
4. 39 pages of Benesh Movement Notation score, in pencil with some pages numbered in black ink

Kenneth MacMillan created the three-act ballet Manon for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 7.3.1974 at the Royal Opera House. The ballet was recorded in Benesh Movement Notation by Monica Parker and there are four files of the score in the Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection. This file contains Act II of Monica Parker's working score and comprises

1. One lined page with a list of the music excerpts plus some dancers' names, in red biro and black ink. Dated 6.2.1975
2. One page of Act II scene 1 and Act II scene 2 list of the scenes and the music, in blue biro
3. 56 pages of Benesh Movement Notation score, 2 pages of photocopied score and three smaller unlined pages with notes. Mostly in pencil with page numbers in blue biro

Kenneth MacMillan created the three-act ballet Manon for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 7.3.1974 at the Royal Opera House. The ballet was recorded in Benesh Movement Notation by Monica Parker and there are four files of the score in the Kenneth MacMillan Archive Collection. This file contains Act I of Monica Parker's working score and comprises

1. Two pages titled Manon Act I scene 1, with a list of music and dancers' names and a list of characters, in pencil
2. One lined page with notes for the music for Act I scene 1 in biro, with corrections in pencil
3. 42 pages of notation, in pencil with some notes in red biro

Kenneth MacMillan created the three-act ballet of Manon for The Royal Ballet which had its first performance at the Royal Opera House, London on 7 Mar 1974.

Further press cuttings relating to the Manchester Evening News Competition, 1926

This file of correspondence between Kenneth MacMillan and the Deutsche Oper Berlin covers his period as Ballet Director and relates to financial arrangements and payments, and his right to work. It includes his contract from 16 Aug 1967 to 15 Aug 1968, work permits and authorisations, pay slips, rehearsal fees for some dancers, telephone and other charges, and correspondence with a removal company about his possessions

The correspondence in this file relates to the filming of masterclasses of excerpts from some of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets. The correspondence from Lynne Wake is mostly to Deborah MacMillan, with notes of conversations with The Linbury Trust, Jeremy Isaacs and Kevin O'Hare. The correspondence mentions the filming that has been carried out and with whom.

The letter in this file from Lynne Wake to Deborah MacMillan is requesting permission to use film shot for the Kenneth MacMillan film projects in a different film restoration and interview project - [The Golden Age of The Royal Ballet], 31 Jul 2014

This file relates to the film that Lynne Wake created for the Symposium. It includes details of clips of broadcast material and stills to be included, together with sources and costs