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
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6 Archivistische beschrijving results for Pavane pas de deux (MacMillan)
One press review by Clive Barnes of a performance of a triple bill of Kenneth MacMillan ballets by The Royal Danish Ballet, n.d. but 1961.
Letters from The Royal Danish Ballet asking about the possibility of performing some of Kenneth MacMillan's ballets, including Mayerling, Manon and Concerto, 1977-1990.
Two handwritten faxes from Kenneth MacMillan to The Royal Danish Ballet about Concerto, 1991.
Faxes from The Royal Danish Ballet about performances of Concerto and Pavane, 1990-1991.
Agreements with Deborah MacMillan for costumes for Pavane, 13 Sep 1991, and with Kenneth MacMillan for Concerto and Pavane, 17 Sep 1991.
Kenneth MacMillan created the pas de deux Pavane for The Royal Ballet which premiered on 13 Jan 1973 at the Royal Opera House, London. The material comprises
- One handwritten note to Kenneth MacMillan from Anthony Crickmay, photographer, thanking him for Pavane. Undated
- One typed letter from John Percival, dance critic at The Times, on TheTimes Newspapers Ltd letterheaded notepaper, to Kenneth MacMillan apologising for the dismissive reference to Pavane in Saturday's paper and explaining that his review had been cut. With envelope. 17 Feb 1980
One digital print of Solitaire, c.1960, three photographs of Concerto and three of Pavane
Zonder titelSix photographs of Marion Tait and Desmond Kelly, two of Christine Aitken and Alain Dubreuil
Zonder titelLucia Chase, dancer, co-founder and co-director of American Ballet Theatre, first met Kenneth MacMillan at the Royal Opera House, London in 1956. She immediately commissioned a new work from him for ABT which premiered the following year. She also took several of his works into the Company's repertoire and wrote often requesting a new work for her Company. The material in this file covers the first performance of Concerto, mentions of Las Hermanas, which Lucia Chase danced in, Danses concertantes, Romeo and Juliet and the creation of Pavane pas de deux for Gelsey [Kirkland] and Ivan [Nagy], and two covering letters enclosing payments for performances of Pavane pas de deux, Danses concertantes and Concerto during the Spring Season, 1978. There is an interdepartmental communication from Kenneth MacMillan to John Tooley about letting ABT perform Pavanne (sic), 14 Nov 1977
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