This file contains:

1. Correspondence relating to possible performance of Song of the Earth at the Vienna Staatsoper, giving Kenneth MacMillan's reasons for refusing, 25 Jan - 7 Sep 1977
2. One typed letter requesting permission to perform Mayerling in Vienna, 22 Nov 1988
3. One typed fax from Paul Szilard requesting permission on behalf of the Vienna Opera to perform Mayerling in Vienna, and Kenneth MacMillan's handwritten fax reply explaining his reasons for refusing, 1-2 July 1991

One photograph of Marcia Haydee, Richard Cragun and Egon Madsen in Song of the Earth

Photographs of the 1990 revival of Song of the Earth

The material in this file contains correspondence and agreements relating to works by Kenneth MacMillan performed by the National Ballet of Canada. It includes

1. A handwritten letter from Celia Franca relating to Solitaire, 20 May 1965
2. Correspondence and agreements for Song of the Earth, 1977-1988
3. Correspondence and agreements for Elite Syncopations, 1978-1992
4. Correspondence and agreements for Gloria, 1989
5. An agreement for Concerto, 1987
6. Two handwritten letters from Alexander Grant
7. One fax from Reid Anderson re Karen Kain in Song of the Earth, 31 Jan 1991

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 one-act ballet Song of the Earth for the Stuttgart Ballet which premiered on 7.11.1965 in Stuttgart. The material in this file comprises

1. Two photocopied pages giving the cast and understudies for the revival by The Royal Ballet in the 1983/84 season
2. Four photocopied pages of page proofs for the Royal Opera House programme, 24.2.1984, with programme notes and cast
3. Two photocopied pages, as item 1, with handwritten notes by Kenneth MacMillan for the cast for a later revival by The Royal Ballet, with a sheet of lined paper with some numbers and three names handwritten by Kenneth MacMillan
4. Four pages torn from a programme, possibly for the first performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1997, with programme notes and photographs of performances by the Stuttgart Ballet and The Royal Ballet

Photographs of The Paris Opera Ballet in Metaboles, The Four Seasons and Song of the Earth, and one photograph of Kenneth MacMillan rehearsing dancers

Kenneth MacMillan became Artistic Associate of Houston Ballet in August 1989, the Company having previously performed Song of the Earth in 1987. They performed Gloria in 1989, Elite Syncopations in 1990 and Solitaire in 1991. The correspondence in this file is largely concerned with agreements and arrangements for these ballets and for MacMillan's role as Artistic Associate. It includes a letter of agreement for Manon which was ultimately not performed until 1993, the year after MacMillan's death. It also includes handwritten cast lists for Song of the Earth and Elite Syncopations

Photographs of Houston Ballet in Song of the Earth and colour photograph of Kenneth MacMillan [and Li Cunxin] standing in from of a Houston Ballet banner

The material in this file mostly relates to arrangements for the first performance of Kenneth MacMillan's Song of the Earth by The Australian Ballet in April 1987. It includes correspondence from Maina Gielgud and David Palmer, a draft agreement for Song of the Earth, a letter with fabric swatches for costumes, photographs of dancers not in MacMillan roles, a ground plan for the Sydney Opera House Opera Theatre, a souvenir programme including Song of the Earth with cast lists, and an issue of The Australian Ballet Newsletter