Press reviews and articles about American Ballet Theatre performances of Manon, including three large cuttings, 1993 to 2007

This folder contains press cuttings about Manon, Song of the Earth, and sponsorship. The large cutting on sponsorship includes a photograph of Deborah MacMillan

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 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 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 photocopies of Monica Parker's working score and includes some material that is not in the original score. The material comprises

1. A typed note giving instructions for arranging the score in the folder
2. Act I, 40 pages of photocopied Benesh Movement Notation score
3. Act II, 48 pages of photocopied Benesh Movement Notation score
4. One typed page giving details of Act II, scenes 1 and 2 dances and page numbers for the music score
5. Act II, 83 pages of photocopied Benesh Movement Notation score, some duplicating item 3 above
6. Act III, 15 pages of photocopied Benesh Movement Notation score