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Nicholas Georgiadis (1923–2001), Greek-born artist and theatre designer.

Nicholas Georgiadis initially trained in architecture in Athens and New York before coming to London study theatre design at the Slade School of Fine Art. There, he met the young choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, who commissioned Georgiadis to design his first professional ballet for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, Danses concertantes. Completely in tune with the other, MacMillan and Georgiadis collaborated on an extensive number of productions, including House of Birds, Noctambules, The Burrow, Agon, The Invitation, Las Hermanas, Romeo and Juliet, Song of the Earth, Swan Lake, Manon, Mayerling, Orpheus, The Sleeping Beauty and The Prince of the Pagodas. In addition to his work with MacMillan, Georgiadis also designed productions of Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Raymonda and The Tempest for Rudolf Nureyev, Daphnis and Chloë for John Cranko, and Intimate Letters for Lynn Seymour. He also supervised the recreation of original Ballets Russes sets and costumes for the 1980 feature film Nijinsky, directed by Herbert Ross and starring George de la Peña.

Kenneth MacMillan’s first major work, Danses concertantes saw the choreographer counter the trend in the company for dance-dramas with a plotless work that matched Igor Stravinsky’s edgy music...

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In a bold move, in The Invitation Kenneth MacMillan chose to create a sexual drama of shifting emotions and desires that culminates with the rape of a young girl by an older married man. Created for...

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Kenneth MacMillan was eager to give ballet its ‘new wave’, and though his earlier one-act works revealed a unique perspective and command of ballet’s expressive potential, it was his first...

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The eponymous heroine of Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 Manon has become a role that nearly all aspiring ballerinas long to dance. Though there was initial criticism of the seemingly one-dimensional...

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With his fourth three-act ballet, Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan cemented his legacy for reinvigorating the full-length narrative ballet for the modern age. Mayerling, first performed by The Royal...

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2The Prince of the Pagodas was originally choreographed by John Cranko for The Royal Ballet in 1957 and was hailed at the time as the first full-length British ballet. Performed at the Royal Opera...

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