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London

07 Mai 2025

The RB's Romeo and Juliet: electrifying on-stage chemistry

Von Deborah Weiss

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Yasmine Naghdi’s Juliet pierces the heart as MacMillan’s masterpiece returns

Von Mark Pullinger, 04 März 2025

“But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” Yasmine Naghdi reaches new interpretative depths in this revival of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s classic Romeo and Juliet.

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London

05 Mär 2025

Naghdi’s Juliet pierces the heart as MacMillan’s masterpiece returns

Von Mark Pullinger

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San Francisco

A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

Von Terez Rose, 24 Januar 2025

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon is an unforgettable, stunning production – a classic well worth seeing.

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San Francisco

26 Jan 2025

A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

Von Terez Rose

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Paris Opera Ballet: a superlative Mayerling

Von Naomi Mori, 06 November 2024

Paris Opera Ballet has triumphantly revived Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, two years after its company premiere in 2022.

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Paris

13 Nov 2024

Paris Opera Ballet: a superlative Mayerling

Von Naomi Mori

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New York City

ABT's Romeo and Juliet succeeds with strong dance actors

Von Ivy Lin, 13 Juli 2024

I have a theory that Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet is a perfect starter ballet. It is harder for experienced ballet regulars to work up the same enthusiasm for this ballet.

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New York City

15 Jul 2024

ABT's Romeo and Juliet succeeds with strong dance actors

Von Ivy Lin

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Tokyo

Paris Opera Ballet’s Manon: phenomenal performances in Tokyo

Von Naomi Mori, 17 Februar 2024

The Paris Opera Ballet gave excellent performances of Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, with strong lead dancers, depicting 18th century demi-monde society, which is not so far removed from the 21st century.

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Tokyo

22 Feb 2024

Paris Opera Ballet’s Manon: phenomenal performances in Tokyo

Von Naomi Mori

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Manon: The Royal Ballet's magnificent revival

Von Jonathan Gray, 17 Januar 2024

Kenneth MacMillan’s 50 year old ballet, Manon, holds up a mirror to our own times.

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London

18 Jan 2024

Manon: The Royal Ballet's magnificent revival

Von Jonathan Gray

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Rêves et délices du Casse-Noisette de Noureev à l'Opéra de Paris

Von Laurine Mortha, 20 Dezember 2023

Si la chorégraphie de Rudolf Noureev n'est pas la plus féerique, on ressort du ballet avec des étoiles dans les yeux, notamment grâce au duo formé par Paul Marque et Inès McIntosh.

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Paris

22 Dez 2023

Rêves et délices du Casse-Noisette de Noureev à l'Opéra de Paris

Von Laurine Mortha

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La danse macabre de Mayerling entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

Von Jade Larine, 25 Oktober 2022

Drame sulfureux en trois actes s’inscrivant dans la veine des grandes fresques narratives léguées par MacMillan, Mayerling laisse un goût d'inachevé malgré la belle prestation du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.

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Paris

27 Okt 2022

La danse macabre de Mayerling entre au répertoire de l'Opéra de Paris

Von Jade Larine

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Sex, scandal and Sisi: MacMillan's Mayerling opens Royal Ballet season

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Oktober 2022

Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Habsburg history lesson comes with a cast list as long as your arm, but the plots and intrigues ensure a gripping evening at the ballet.

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London

06 Okt 2022

Sex, scandal and Sisi: Mayerling opens Royal Ballet season

Von Mark Pullinger

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Budapest

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling returns to Hungary in style

Von Graham Watts, 14 März 2022

MacMillan's ballet returns to the Hungarian National Ballet in time for the Opera House's grand reopening.

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Budapest

18 Mär 2022

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling returns to Hungary in style

Von Graham Watts

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Marianela Núñez delivers outstanding versatility in Romeo and Juliet at Covent Garden

Von Graham Watts, 10 Januar 2022

During her long career as a principal (19 years and counting), Juliet has never been an obvious pièce de résistance for Núñez. That is, until now.

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London

12 Jan 2022

Marianela Núñez delivers outstanding versatility in Romeo and Juliet

Von Graham Watts

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Back to fair Verona: The Royal Ballet opens season with Romeo and Juliet

Von Mark Pullinger, 05 Oktober 2021

Francesca Hayward is a captivating Juliet as Sir Kenneth MacMillan's hardy perennial is back for another long run at the Royal Opera House.

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London

06 Okt 2021

Back to fair Verona: Royal Ballet opens season with Romeo and Juliet

Von Mark Pullinger

Raymonda ou le retour de la danse : magistrale Dorothée Gilbert

Von Laurine Mortha, 03 Dezember 2019

Après plus de dix ans d’absence, le ballet classique Raymonda est de retour à l’Opéra de Paris dans la chorégraphie de Rudolf Noureev. Un réel moment de féérie et de délectation pour les amateurs de danse.

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Paris

06 Dez 2019

Raymonda ou le retour de la danse : magistrale Dorothée Gilbert

Von Laurine Mortha

MacMillan’s Manon remains as irresistible as ever

Von Mark Pullinger, 02 Oktober 2019

The Royal Ballet season opens with a MacMillan favourite, his ballet adaptation of a novel more familiar for its operatic treatment.

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London

03 Okt 2019

MacMillan’s Manon remains as irresistible as ever

Von Mark Pullinger

Sweet sorrow: Matthew Ball and Lauren Cuthbertson dance a heart-rending Romeo and Juliet

Von Mark Pullinger, 26 März 2019

As MacMillan's masterpiece nears its 500th performance by The Royal Ballet, a fresh run of performances opens with a new pairing in the lead roles.

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London

27 Mär 2019

Sweet sorrow: a heart-rending Romeo and Juliet

Von Mark Pullinger

The Royal Ballet opens the new season with Mayerling

Von Graham Watts, 08 Oktober 2018

A new season for The Royal Ballet and a new star is "born" in this performance that highlights the company's strength in depth

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London

09 Okt 2018

The Royal Ballet opens the new season with Mayerling

Von Graham Watts

Alina Cojocaru charms as Aurora in a Sleeping Beauty lacking lustre

Von Mark Pullinger, 06 Juni 2018

A dutiful revival of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty from English National Ballet.

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London

07 Jun 2018

Alina Cojocaru charms as Aurora in ENB's Sleeping Beauty

Von Mark Pullinger

Francesca Hayward shines in The Royal Ballet's revival of Manon

Von Graham Watts, 29 März 2018

Yet another revival of MacMillan's signature ballet. Enlivened by tremendous performances, not least in the title role, and still a classic. But, how long will that pertain?

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London

01 Apr 2018

An outstanding performance by Francesca Hayward

Von Graham Watts

Budapest

Hungarian National Ballet superb in Manon

Von Graham Watts, 09 April 2017

A memorable Manon in Budapest

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Budapest

11 Apr 2017

MacMillan's Manon* in Budapest

Von Graham Watts

Redondo Beach

Spirited and focused: Los Angeles Ballet’s Don Quixote

Von Teresa Heiland, 20 Februar 2016

In its 10th season, the steadfast and elegant Los Angeles Ballet impressed us with technical achievement, emotional expressivity, musicality, spirit, and focus in Don Quixote.

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Redondo Beach

22 Feb 2016

Spirited and focused: Los Angeles Ballet’s Don Quixote

Von Teresa Heiland

Lamb and McRae open The Royal Ballet's new season with Romeo and Juliet

Von Margaret Willis, 19 September 2015

Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae star in MacMillan's much loved Romeo and Juliet, which opened the Royal Ballet's new season this weekend.

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London

21 Sep 2015

Lamb and McRae open The Royal Ballet's season

Von Margaret Willis

Féérie à l’Opéra Bastille avec le Casse-Noisette de Rudolf Noureev

Von Laurine Mortha, 26 November 2014

Le Casse-Noisette de Noureev (1985), qui s'inspire de la chorégraphie originale de Marius Petipa, reste proche de sa vision enchantée et de son folklore pétulant, aux forts accents slaves.

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Paris

29 Nov 2014

Un Casse-noisette féérique

Von Laurine Mortha

Opening the season at Royal Ballet: Manon

Von Margaret Willis, 26 September 2014

Manon proves a wonderful start to the new season at Royal Ballet with Marianela Nuñez in the title role and Federico Bonelli as her lover.

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