Choreographer

“Manon is a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl who loves life and cannot resist fleeting pleasures. She is charming, but amoral.” This is how choreographer Kenneth MacMillan described the heroine of his ballet Manon, inspired by abbé Prévost’s famous novel.

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L'Histoire de Manon

Palais Garnier

The ballet adaptation of Abbé Prévost’s novel L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut shows Sir Kenneth MacMillan at his very finest, attesting as it does to his profound insight into human psychology, choreographic craft and narrative skill. The artist admirably expresses the power of fateful love in the central characters’ impassioned duets.

State Opera

Following a widely celebrated 2025 tour, Ballet Central returns in 2026 with a brand- new company of dancers and a revitalising programme of classical ballet and contemporary dance. Join us to experience the magic of live dance, showcasing the excellence of Central’s next generation of dancers. The 2026 programme presents a mixed bill of four works, including the quirky, dream-like world of Solitaire by Kenneth MacMillan, plus the glamorous Times Square Ballet, an excerpt from Ashley Page’s musical On The Town. We are also delighted to present two new commissions from distinctive choreographers Monique Jonas and Cameron McMillan.

Ballet Central

Corn Exchange Newbury

The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor.

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (ENCORE) – Cert TBC

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet – Cert TBC

The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married. The stakes are raised for the young couple when Romeo avenges the death of his friend Mercutio who has been killed by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. For this, Romeo is exiled from Verona. Meanwhile, Juliet’s parents are forcing her to marry another suitor. In order to be together, Romeo and Juliet must risk it all.

RB&O: Romeo & Juliet

Malvern Theatres

The Capulets and Montagues are sworn enemies. Yet it is love at first sight for Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet when they meet each other at the Capulet ball, into which Romeo has snuck. The two fall in love and they profess their devotion to each other at Juliet’s balcony. They secretly get married.

ROH: Romeo and Juliet

Against the sumptuous setting of Renaissance Italy, Kenneth MacMillan weaves a “dance tapestry rich in character that is rhapsodic and sensuous” (The New York Times). Sergei Prokofiev’s unforgettable music underscores the beauty and passion of this beloved ballet and its star-crossed lovers.

Romeo and Juliet

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Program Six opens with George Balanchine’s Emeralds, the opening ballet in the choreographer’s renowned three-act ballet Jewels, the ballet whispers French perfume with its graceful clouds of tulle
in Romantic-length tutus. Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s tense psychological drama Las Hermanas* takes
a 180 degree turn from the splendor of the previous work. Profoundly musical, structurally complex,
yet exquisitely refined, the ballet is based on Federico García Lorca’s, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Las Hermanas is a remarkable dramatic ballet about sensuality under harsh repression as well as the emotional and violent consequences that follow. What better combination to bring audiences back from the weight of Las Hermanas than the brilliance of George Balanchine and George Gershwin? Closing Program Six, Who Cares? brings audiences through a wonderful series of solos, duets, quartets, and ensemble pieces all set to remarkable jazzy classics of Gershwin.

Portraits of Expression

Sarasota Opera House

Macmillan's most dramatic ballet, based on the true story of a royal family with a dark secret, re-imagined by Scottish Ballet.

Choreographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 2 - Dec 5, 2026

L'Histoire de Manon · Národní divadlo

22 - 24 Apr, 2027

The Scandal at Mayerling · Capital Theatres

Past events

Sep 26 - Oct 30, 2026

L'Histoire de Manon · Opéra national de Paris

Sep 2 - Dec 5, 2026

L'Histoire de Manon · Národní divadlo

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