Inspired by L'Abbé Prévost’s legendary heroes, Kenneth MacMillan expresses his fascination for offbeat characters and dramatic subjects. The choreographer faithfully follows the novel’s plot and ...

The Royal Ballet's 19/20 season is opened in confident style with Kenneth MacMillan's 1974 production of Manon. It features a cast who perform it with renewed vigour and attack, easing through the ...

Roll on half a century and that teenage seductress is up there with Juliet, Giselle, Aurora and Odette-Odile – the most coveted as well as the most technically challenging roles in the canon – while ...

Manon prepares to enter a convent when she's struck by love at first sight with Chevalier des Grieux. It's unclear if he can hold her attention when her true loves are wealth and glamour. Laurent ...

One of the first, scathing, reviews of this work called its heroine “a nasty little diamond digger”, beneath the dignity of a ballerina. These days there is a long queue of principals around the world ...

On Friday night, American Ballet Theatre delivered a stunning performance: stunning balletically and theatrically. The musicians made a worthy contribution as well. It was a banner night of ballet in ...