Kenneth MacMillan
Shorter works
Sources: Royal Opera House performance database, Parry, and Kenneth MacMillan website.

Kenneth MacMillan

Section Title: Shorter works
Table Section Text: Sources: Royal Opera House performance database, Parry, and Kenneth MacMillan website.

Title	Year	Company	Composer asterisk denotes specially-written works	Principal performers	Designer	Notes

Somnambulism	1953	Choreographers Group	Stan Kenton, arr John Lanchbery	Maryon Lane, David Poole, Kenneth MacMillan	MacMillan danced in this at short notice.

Fragment	1953	Choreographers Group	Stan Kenton	Sara Neil, Donald Britton, Annette Page

Punch and the Child	1954	BBC Television	Richard Arnell, Punch and the Child	Kenneth MacMillan, Susan Handy

Laiderette	1954	Choreographers Group	Frank Martin, Petite symphonie concertante	Maryon Lane, David Poole, Johaar Mosavaal

Steps into Ballet	1954	BBC Television	Richard Arnell	Peggy van Praagh, Maureen Bruce, Donald Britton, Susan Solomon, Kenneth MacMillan	Michael Yates

Danses concertantes	1955	Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet	Stravinsky, Danses concertantes	Maryon Lane, Donald Britton, David Poole, Sara Neil, Gilbert Vernon, Annette Page, Donald MacLeary, Bryan Lawrence	Nicholas Georgiadis	MacMillan's first collaboration with Georgiadis

House of Birds	1955	Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet	Mompou, Variations on a Theme of Chopin	Maryon Lane, David Poole, Doreen Tempest	Nicholas Georgiadis

Turned Out Proud	1955	BBC Television	Englund, Sibelius, Françaix and others	Violette Verdy, Annette Chappell, Sonia Hana, Sheila O’Neil, Gilbert Vernon

Tannhäuser: Venusberg Ballet	1955	Covent Garden Opera Ballet	Wagner	Julia Farron, Gilbert Vernon	Ralph Koltai

Noctambules	1956	Sadler's Wells Ballet	Humphrey Searle, Noctambules*	Leslie Edwards, Maryon Lane, Nadia Nerina, Desmond Doyle, Brian Shaw	Nicholas Georgiadis

Solitaire	1956	Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet	Malcolm Arnold, English Dances; Sarabande* and Polka*	Margaret Hill, Sara Neil, Donald Britton, Michael Boulton, Donald MacLeary	Desmond Heeley

Fireworks pas de deux	1956	Ballet Highlights	Stravinsky, Feu d'artifice	Nadia Nerina, Alexis Rassine	Commissioned by Nerina and Rassine for a touring ballet show

Valse eccentrique	1956	Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet	Ibert, Valse from Divertissement	Anya Linden, Brian Shaw, Alexander Grant	Single performance only, at a gala evening; described by The Times as "a burlesque pas de trois on an old-fashioned aquatic scene … new and comic, though insubstantial

Winter's Eve	1957	American Ballet Theatre	Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge	Nora Kaye, John Kriza	Nicholas Georgiadis

Journey	1957	American Ballet Theatre, Choreographic Group	Bartók, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, arr Joseph Levine	Nora Kaye, John Kriza, Erik Bruhn, Scott Douglas

The Burrow	1958	Royal Ballet Touring Company	Frank Martin, Concerto for seven wind instruments, kettledrums and strings	Anne Heaton, Donald Britton, Lynn Seymour, Donald MacLeary, Edward Miller, Noreen Sopwith	Nicholas Georgiadis	MacMillan's first work made on Lynn Seymour

Agon	1958	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, Agon	David Blair, Anya Linden, Pirmin Trecu, Shirley Graham, Annette Page, Maryon Lane, Graham Usher, John Stevens, Deidre Dixon, Ronald Hynd, Judith Sinclair, Georgina Parkinson, Antoinette Sibley, Doreen Wells	Nicholas Georgiadis

The World of Paul Slickey	1959	Palace Theatre	Christopher Whelen*	Adrienne Corri and cast	Hugh Casson (sets); Jocelyn Rickards (costumes)	West End show

Expresso Bongo	1959	Val Guest Productions	Robert Farnon*	Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Sims, Yolande Donlan, Cliff Richard	Cinema film loosely based on West End show

Le Baiser de la fée	1960	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, Le Baiser de la fée	Svetlana Beriosova, Meriel Evans, Donald MacLeary, Lynn Seymour, Jacqueline Daryl	Kenneth Rowell

The Invitation	1960	Royal Ballet Touring Company	Mátyás Seiber*	Lynn Seymour, Christopher Gable, Shirley Bishop, Barbara Remington, Sheila Humphrey, Anne Heaton, Desmond Doyle	Nicholas Georgiadis

Orpheus	1961	Royal Opera Ballet	Gluck	Anne Heaton, Alexander Bennett	Dances for revival of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice

The Seven Deadly Sins	1961	Western Theatre Ballet	Weill, The Seven Deadly Sins	Anya Linden	Ian Spurling	Ballet chanté – lyrics by Berthold Brecht, translated by W H Auden. Singer, Cleo Laine

Diversions	1961	Royal Ballet	Bliss, Music for Strings	Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Maryon Lane, Graham Usher	Philip Prowse

The Rite of Spring	1962	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring	Monica Mason	Sidney Nolan

Dance Suite	1962	Royal Ballet School	Milhaud, Suite Provençale	Vergie Derman, Richard Cragun

Fantasia in C minor	1962	–	Bach, Fantasia in C minor	Rudolf Nureyev	Single performance, for Royal Academy of Dancing gala at Drury Lane

Symphony	1963	Royal Ballet	Shostakovich, Symphony No 1	Antoinette Sibley, Donald MacLeary, Georgina Parkinson, Desmond Doyle	Yolanda Sonnabend	MacMillan's first collaboration with Sonnabend

Las Hermanas	1963	Stuttgart Ballet	Frank Martin, Concerto for harpsichord and small orchestra	Marcia Haydée, Birgit Keil, Ray Barra¸ Ruth Papendick	Nicholas Georgiadis	Based on Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba

Dark Descent	1963	ITV	Carlos Chavez, Milhaud	Marcia Haydée, Ray Barra	James Goddard	Version of the Orpheus myth, made for television

La Création du monde	1964	Royal Ballet Touring Ballet	Milhaud, La Création du Monde	Doreen Wells, Richard Farley, Elizabeth Anderton, Adrian Grater, Ronald Emblen	James Goddard

Divertimento	1964	Bath Festival	Bartok, Sonata for Solo Violin	Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev	Solo violin, Yehudi Menuhin, for whom Bartók wrote the work

Images of Love	1964	Royal Ballet Touring Company	Peter Tranchell*	Svetlana Beriosova, Lynn Seymour, Donald MacLeary, Rudolf Nureyev	Barry Kay

Song of the Earth	1965	Stuttgart Ballet	Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde	Marcia Haydée, Ray Barra, Egon Madsen	Nicholas Georgiadis	Margarethe Bence (mezzo-soprano), James Harper] (tenor)

Albertine, or The Crimson Curtain	1966	BBC Television	not known	Lynn Seymour, Desmond Doyle

Valses nobles et sentimentales	1966	Deutsche Oper Ballet	Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales	Didi Carli, Falco Kapuste, Vergie Derman, Silvia Kesselheim, Gert Schulze, Gerhard Bohner	Jürgen Rose

Concerto	1966	Deutsche Oper Ballet	Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No 2	Didi Carli, Falco Kapuste, Lynn Seymour, Rudolf Holz, Silvia Kesselheim	Jürgen Rose

Anastasia, one-act version	1967	Deutsche Oper Ballet	Martinů, Fantaisies symphoniques; and electronic music by Fritz Winckel and Rudiger Rufer*	Lynn Seymour, Rudolf Holz, Vergie Derman, Gerhard Bohner	Barry Kay	Later became Act III of full-length version

Olympiade	1968	Deutsche Oper Ballet	Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements	Lynn Seymour, Hennelore Peters, Klaus Beelitz, Rudolf Holz, Falco Kapuste

The Sphinx/Der Sphinx	1968	Stuttgart Ballet	Milhaud, Five Small Symphonies	Marcia Haydée, Egon Madsen, Richard Cragun, Heinz Clauss	Elizabeth Dalton

Cain and Abel/Kain und Abel	1968	Deutsche Oper Ballet	Panufnik, Sinfonia Sacra and Tragic Overture	Frank Frey, Daniel Job, Dorothea Binner, Rudolf Holz, Gerhard Bohner	Barry Kay	Music revised by the composer, with added material

Olympiad, reworking of Olympiade	1969	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, Symphony in Three Movements	Deanne Bergsma, Keith Rosson, Robert Mead

Miss Julie	1970	Stuttgart Ballet	Panufnik, Nocturne, Rhapsody, Autumn Music and Polonia	Barry Kay	Music revised by the composer, with added material

Checkpoint	1970	Royal Ballet New Group	Gerhard, Symphony No 3 (Collages)	Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary	Elizabeth Dalton

Pas de sept	1971	Royal Ballet	Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty	Deanne Bergsma, Lesley Collier, Vergie Denman, Ann Jenner, Georgina Parkinson, Jennifer Penney, Diana Vere	Barry Kay	Adapted by MacMillan from his Deutsche Oper production of the full ballet

Triad	1972	Royal Ballet	Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No 1	Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Eagling, David Ashmole, Peter O’Brien, Gary Sherwood	Peter Unsworth	Ralph Holmes, solo violin

Ballade	1972	Royal Ballet New Group	Fauré, Ballade for piano and orchestra	Vyvyan Lorrayne, Paul Clarke, Nicholas Johnson, Stephen Jefferies

Side Show pas de deux	1972	Royal Ballet New Group	Stravinsky, Suites Nos 1 and 2 for small orchestra	Lynn Seymour, Rudolf Nureyev	Thomas O'Neil

The Poltroon	1972	Royal Ballet New Group	Rudolf Maros, Studies for Orchestra and Musica di Ballo	Brenda Last, Stephen Jefferies, Donald MacLeary, David Gordon, Carl Myers, Graham Bart, Ashley Killar	Thomas O'Neil

Pavane pas de deux	1973	Royal Ballet	Fauré, Pavane	Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell	Anthony Dowell

The Seven Deadly Sins	1973	Royal Ballet	Weill, The Seven Deadly Sins	Jennifer Penney	Ian Spurling	Georgia Brown, singer

Gala pas de deux	1974	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, slow movement of Symphony in Three Movements	Natalia Makarova, Donald MacLeary	Gala to mark the retirement of Lord Drogheda as chairman of the ROH board

Elite Syncopations	1974	Royal Ballet	Scott Joplin, piano and orchestral rags, and pieces by Paul Pratt, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, Max Morath, Donald Ashwander and Robert Hampton	Merle Park, Donald MacLeary, Monica Mason, Michael Coleman, Jennifer Penney, David Wall, Vergie Derman, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling, Jennifer Jackson, Judith How, David Drew, David Adams	Ian Spurling

The Four Seasons	1975	Royal Ballet	Verdi, music from I vespri siciliani, I Lombardi and Don Carlo	Vergie Derman, Marguerite Porter, Donald MacLeary, Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman, David Ashmole, Wayne Eagling, Monica Mason, David Wall, Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Sleep	Peter Rice

Rituals	1975	Royal Ballet	Bartók, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion	David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Beagley, Vergie Derman, David Wall, Lynn Seymour, Monica Mason, Graham Fletcher	Yolanda Sonnabend

Requiem	1976	Stuttgart Ballet	Fauré Requiem	Marcia Haydée, Birgit Keil, Richard Cragun, Egon Madsen, Reid Anderson	Yolanda Sonnabend	In memory of John Cranko

Feux Follets solo	1976	Theatre of Skating	Liszt, Transcendental Study No 5	John Curry	created at MacMillan's suggestion for the ice-skater

Gloriana	1977	Royal Ballet	Britten, Dances from Gloriana	Lynn Seymour, Wayne Eagling, Michael Coleman, Stephen Beagley, Graham Fletcher	Yolanda Sonnabend

My Brother, My Sisters	1978	Stuttgart Ballet	Schoenberg and Webern orchestral pieces	Birgit Keil, Richard Cragun, Lucia Montagnon, Reid Anderson, Jean Allenby, Sylviane Bayard, Hilde Koch	Yolanda Sonnabend

6.6.78	1978	Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet	Barber, Capricorn Concerto	Marion Tait, Desmond Kelly	Ian Spurling	Homage to Dame Ninette de Valois

Métaboles	1978	Paris Opera Ballet	Dutilleux*	Dominique Khalfouni, Patrice Bart, Patrick Dupond	Barry Kay

La Fin du jour	1979	Royal Ballet	Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major	Merle Park, Jennifer Penney, Julian Hosking, Wayne Eagling	Ian Spurling	piano soloist, Philip Gammon

Playground	1979	Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet	Gordon Crosse*	Marion Tait, Desmond Kelly, Stephen Wicks, Judith Rowann	Yolanda Sonnabend

Gloria	1980	Royal Ballet	Poulenc, Gloria	Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, Jennifer Penney, Wendy Ellis	Andy Klunder

Waterfalls pas de deux	1980	Charity gala	Paul McCartney, "Waterfalls"	Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney

Wild Boy	1981	American Ballet Theatre	Gordon Crosse, Wildboy	Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Kevin MacKenzie, Robert La Fosse	Oliver Smith (costumes), Willa Kim (scenery)

A Lot of Happines	1981	Granada Television	Birgit Keil, Vladimir Klos	Deborah MacMillan	Documentary about the making of the ballet

Verdi Variations pas de deux	1982	Aterballetto	Verdi, String Quartet in E minor, first movement	Elisabetta Terabust, Peter Schaufuss	First part of Quartet

Quartet	1982	Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet	Verdi, String Quartet in E minor	Sherilyn Kennedy, David Ashmole, Galina Samsova, Desmond Kelly, Marion Tait, Carl Myers, Sandra Madgwick, Roland Price	Deborah MacMillan	Includes Verdi Variations pas de deux

Orpheus	1982	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, Orpheus	Peter Schaufuss, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Ashley Page, Derek Deane, Bryony Brind, Genesia Rosato, Michael Batchelor, Antony Dowson	Nicholas Georgiadis

Valley of Shadows	1983	Royal Ballet	Martinů, Double Concerto; Tchaikovsky, Hamlet, Entr'acte and Elegy; Souvenir de Florence, 2nd movement	Alessandra Ferri, Sandra Conley, Julie Wood, Derek Deane, Guy Niblett, David Wall, Ashley Page	Yolanda Sonnabend

Different Drummer	1984	Royal Ballet	Webern, Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1; Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht	Wayne Eagling, Alessandra Ferri, Stephen Jefferies, Guy Niblett, David Drew, Jonathan Burrows, Jonathan Cope, Antony Dowson, Ross MacGibbon, Bruce Sansom, Stephen Sheriff	Yolanda Sonnabend

The Seven Deadly Sins of the Bourgeoisie	1984	Royal Ballet and Granada Television	Weill, The Seven Deadly Sins	Alessandra Ferri, Leslie Brown, David Taylor, Birgit Keil, Vladimir Klos, Peter Baldwin, Robert North, Christopher Bruce, April Olrich, Kim Rosato, Wayne Aspinall, Peter Salmon	Yolanda Sonnabend	Mary Miller (speaker), Marie Angel, Robin Leggate, Stephen Roberts, Robert Tear, John Tomlinson (singers)

Gala pas de deux	1984	Royal Ballet	Poulenc, Piano Concerto, slow movement	Alessandra Ferri	Deborah MacMillan

Tannhäuser: Venusberg Ballet	1984	Royal Opera	Wagner	Yolanda Sonnabend

Three Solos	1985	Contemporary Dance Trust	Bach, Rachmaninoff, Telemann	Christopher Bannerman, Linda Gibbs, Ross McKimn

Requiem	1986	American Ballet Theatre	Andrew Lloyd Webber, Requiem	Alessandra Ferri, Gil Boggs, Cynthia Harvey, Susan Jaffe, Leslie Browne, Ross Stretton, Kevin McKenzie, Clark Tippet	Yolanda Sonnabend

Le Baiser de la fée	1986	Royal Ballet	Stravinsky, Le Baiser de la fée	Fiona Chadwick, Sandra Conley, Jonathan Cope, Maria Almeida	Martin Sutherland

Sea of Troubles	1988	Dance Advance	Webern and Martinů,	Michael Batchelor, Susan Crow, Jennifer Jackson, Sheila Styles, Russell Maliphant, Stephen Sheriff	Deborah MacMillan

Soirées musicales	1988	Royal Ballet School	Rossini, arr Britten	Dana Fouras, Gary Shuker, Tetsuya Kumakawa, Benjamin Tyrrell	Ian Spurling

Farewell pas de deux	1990	Royal Ballet	Tchaikovsky, Romance in F major	Darcey Bussell, Irek Mukhamedov

Gala pas de deux	1990	Royal Ballet	Richard Rodgers	Darcey Bussell, Stuart Cassidy

Winter Dreams	1991	Royal Ballet	Tchaikovsky, piano works; traditional Russian works (arr Philip Gammon)	Darcey Bussell, Nicola Tranah, Viviana Durante, Gary Avis, Genesia Rosato, Anthony Dowell, Irek Mukhamedov, Stephen Wicks, Adam Cooper, Derek Rencher, Gerd Larsen	Peter Farmer	based on Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters"

The Burrow	1991	Birmingham Royal Ballet	Frank Martin, Concerto for seven wind instruments, kettledrums and strings	Marion Tate, Desmond Kelly, Anina Landa	Nicholas Georgiadis	Restaging of 1958 work

Gala pas de deux	1991	Royal Ballet	Poulenc, Piano Concerto, slow movement	Leanne Benjamin, Stephen Jefferies	Reworking of 1984 gala pas de deux

The Judas Tree	1992	Royal Ballet	Brian Elias*	Irek Mukhamedov, Viviana Durante, Michael Nunn, Mark Silver, Luke Heydon	Jock McFadyen

Carousel, posthumous	1992	National Theatre	Richard Rodgers, Carousel

Sentence(s)

MacMillan selected Monica Mason to perform for the Royal Ballet, The Rite of Spring (1962)

final_sentence: MacMillan selected Monica Mason to perform for the Royal Ballet, The Rite of Spring (1962)