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Ballet's Dark Knight: Sir Kenneth MacMillan

Film exploring the life and work of celebrated yet controversial choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan, whose creativity unleashed over 60 ballets that changed the dance landscape.

Film exploring the life and work of celebrated yet controversial choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan whose pioneering creativity unleashed over sixty new ballets that changed the dance landscape forever. Weaving together stunning specially shot performance footage, never-before-seen family super 8 home movies and MacMillan's own voice from the archives, alongside those who were closest to him, the documentary reveals MacMillan to have been a complex figure who lit up the ballet world with his bold choreographic genius while struggling privately with alcoholism, anxiety, and depression.

Packed full of extraordinary ballet excerpts showcasing a wide range of MacMillan's work including Romeo and Juliet, Manon and Mayerling, the programme also offers a surprisingly moving and intimate portrait of a true giant of 20th-century culture.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 16 Mar 2020 00:15
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:05

    Fred Astaire

    Top Hat White Tie And Tails

  • 00:07

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: Karel Ancerl

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

  • 00:08

    Andrew Mogrelia, Ladislav Slova and Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

    Prokofiev: Balcony Scene From Romeo and Juliet

  • 00:09

    Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers, Dimitri Mitropoulos

    Romeo and Juliet Ballet, Op. 64 (Excerpts): Romeo and Juliet (No. 6 From Suite No. 1, Op. 64Bis)

  • 00:20

    Erroll Garner

    Misty

  • 00:27

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic

    Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

  • 00:45

    Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eau 脿 la Villa d'Este

  • 00:59

    Sarah Vaughan

    Misty

Credits

Interviewed Guest Frederick Ashton
Interviewed Guest Darcey Bussell
Interviewed Guest Clement Crisp
Interviewed Guest Anthony Dowell
Interviewed Guest Viviana Durante
Interviewed Guest Brian Elias
Interviewed Guest Alessandra Ferri
Interviewed Guest Charlotte MacMillan
Interviewed Guest Deborah MacMillan
Interviewed Guest Monica Mason
Director Luke McMahon
Executive Producer Tanya Hudson

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