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- 1981-1982 (Creation)
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One typed booklet, seven pages of typed forms, three typed notes and one envelope
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Kenneth MacMillan was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and began ballet classes in Retford, England, in 1940. He joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet School in 1944 and later the Sadler's Wells Ballet but gave up dancing for choreography partly due to crippling stage fright. His first choreographic work was Somnambulism, created for the Sadler's Wells Ballet Choreographic Group in 1953 and he created works for both Royal Ballet companies throughout his career. He created significant works for The Stuttgart Ballet and his works are danced by ballet companies world-wide. He has also created work for television and cinema.
Kenneth MacMillan was Director of the Deutsche Oper Ballet in Berlin from 1966 to 1969, Artistic Director of The Royal Ballet from 1970 to 1977 and its Principal Chroreographer from 1977 until his death. He was also Associate Director of American Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1989, and Artistic Associate of the Houston Ballet from 1989 to 1992.
Kenneth MacMillan was knighted in 1983, and he received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh (1976) and the Royal College of Art (1992). His awards include the Evening Standard Ballet Award (1979); Society of West End Theatre Ballet Award, 1980 and 1983; and, posthumously, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in 1993 for The Judas Tree; the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 1993; and the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1994 for Carousel
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Kenneth MacMillan created the one-act ballet Wild Boy for American Ballet Theatre for the 1981/82 season. The material in this file mostly relates to that production and comprises
- Staple bound typed booklet American Ballet Theatre National Tour 1981-1982, giving details of venues, travel arrangements, performances and doctors in each tour city, 12 Oct 1981-7 Jun 1982
- Seven pages of Rehearsal Call Sheets between 11.9.1981 and 20.11.1981 including rehearsals for Wild Boy
- Typed note re arrangements for Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer, to see a run through of Wild Boy, 19.11.1981
- Typed note from the John F. Kennedy Center Press Department with details of an interview by Richard Chistensen of the Chicago Tribune, 10.12.1981
- Typed note from Nora [Kaye] to Kenneth and Debra, on Herbert D. Ross headed notepaper, enclosing a press review for Wild Boy, 28 Dec 1981, with envelope. The press cutting is stored with the other cuttings for performances of Wild Boy
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- MacMillan, Kenneth (Subject)
- American Ballet Theatre (Subject)
- Kaye, Nora (Subject)