Sir Kenneth MacMillan was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death. Earlier he had served as director of ballet for the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He was also associate director of the American Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1989, and artistic associate of the Houston Ballet from 1989 to 1992.
MacMillan towards the end of his life
Ninette de Valois, who recruited and encouraged the young MacMillan
Margot Fonteyn, whose casting as Juliet dismayed MacMillan despite public acclaim
The Royal Opera House, with statue of Katie Pianoff.
Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet. Most notably, she danced professionally with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, later establishing the Royal Ballet, one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century and one of the leading ballet companies in the world. She also established the Royal Ballet School and the touring company which became the Birmingham Royal Ballet. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of ballet and as the "godmother" of English and Irish ballet.
de Valois (c. 1920s)
Ninette de Valois's house at 14 The Terrace, Barnes, facing the river, with English Heritage blue plaque, "Dame NINETTE DE VALOIS O.M. 1898–2001 Founder of the Royal Ballet lived here 1962–1982"
Ninette de Valois receiving the Erasmus Prize (1974)
Ninette de Valois memorial bench in Blessington, Co. Wicklow