Sir Kenneth Macmillan
(1929-1992), ChoreographerSitter in 4 portraits
MacMillan joined Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet in 1946 and as a classical dancer was noted for his performance as Florestan in The Sleeping Beauty (1949). He became a choreographer in 1953 and produced Danses concertantes, commissioned by de Valois, in 1955. Director of the German Opera Ballet, 1966-1969 and The Royal Ballet, 1970-1977, he was knighted in 1983. As the Company's principal choreographer, his work expanded the conventions of classical ballet to encompass modern dramatic and psychological themes. His ballets include The Invitation (1960), The Rite of Spring (1962), Gloria (1980) and full evening works Romeo and Juliet (1965), Manon (1974) and Mayerling (1978).
by Gilbert Adams
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG P462
by Yolanda Sonnabend
oil on canvas, 1988
NPG 6146
by Julian Broad
bromide fibre print, 26 October 1992
NPG x88685
by Anthony Crickmay
archival digital print, 18 January 1989
NPG x137288
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