1977 – Norman Morrice becomes director of The Royal Ballet

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After Kenneth MacMillan stepped down as artistic director of The Royal Ballet in 1977, the company appointed Norman Morrice who had, until then, been primarily associated as a choreographer and former director of Ballet Rambert.

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