Podcast » David Wall
David Wall was one of the greatest male dancers of his era, with an extraordinary stage charisma, range, theatricality and honesty. In this interview he talks to Frank Freeman, a former colleague,...
ballets » Anastasia
Monica Mason in Mayerling, Royal Ballet, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1978,© Anthony Crickmay / Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Timeline Event » 1970 – Kenneth MacMillan becomes director of The Royal Ballet
Frederick Ashton ceased being director of The Royal Ballet in 1970 under controversial circumstances. The new director, Kenneth MacMillan, was to have shared the job with John Field, but when it...
Timeline Event » 1971 – Premiere of Kenneth MacMillan’s three-act version of Anastasia by The Royal Ballet
Anastasia was originally choreographed in 1967 by Kenneth MacMillan as a one-act ballet for Lynn Seymour and the Deutsche Oper Ballet Berlin, with music by Bohuslav Martinů and designs by Barry Kay....