Dossier 4 - Jewels of Fantasy Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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RAD/2/MAC/1/10/4

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Jewels of Fantasy Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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  • 1992 (Création/Production)

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Two copies of an invitation to the Private View, 11 polaroid photographs of jewellery loaned for the exhibition, individual loan forms for 32 items, correspondence relating to the loan, insurance and return of items, correspondence regarding the success of the exhibition, one press cutting with review of the exhibition

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MacMillan, Kenneth
(1929-12-11 - 1992-10-29)

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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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Victoria and Albert Museum

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Royal Academy of Dance

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  1. Correspondence between the Victoria and Albert Museum and Kenneth MacMillan regarding the loan of items from his collection of costume jewellery for inclusion in the Jewels of Fantasy exhibition 18 Mar 1992-5 Jul 1992. Includes lists of the items on loan with valuations, a copy of the Government Indemnity, receipt on return of the items. 12 pages plus copies of 32 loan forms for individual items, completed by Deborah MacMillan
  2. Copy of a fax from Vivienne Berger including text for the section in the exhibition devoted to the items loaned by Kenneth MacMillan. Includes details of how he began collecting costume jewellery and what influenced his choices. Two pages. 14 Feb 1992
  3. Handwritten fax from Deborah MacMillan to Victoria and Albert Museum granting permission to film items from Kenneth MacMillan's collection for The Clothes Show. 19 Feb 1992
  4. Two typed letters from Lesley Woodbridge, Exhibitions Officer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, one saying how popular the exhibition is proving, one after the exhibition has ended thanking Kenneth MacMillan for the loan of items and stating how popular the exhibition proved to be. Two pages, 30 Apr 1992 and 3 Aug 1992
  5. 11 polaroid colour photographs of items to be loaned, some with valuations added
  6. Two copies of an invitation to the Private View of the exhibition, 17 Mar 1992
  7. Press cutting of a review of the exhibition by Tanya Harrod, with colour photographs including a leaf brooch by de Lillo courtesy of Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Cutting uncredited and undated

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