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Article: Revealing a master. (News).(choreogrpher Sir Kenneth MacMillan)
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- Dance Magazine
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- February 1, 2003
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"Kenneth would be roaring with laughter listening to all this analysis of his works," proclaimed his widow, Lady Deborah MacMillan, at the end of a two-day conference on Sir Kenneth MacMillan's work and life. "But he would have been very touched to have seen the master classes presented today--`his' dancers handing down their knowledge to a new generation of dancers."
It was ten years ago that MacMillan, one of Britain's greatest choreographers--and certainly the most controversial--succumbed to a heart attack backstage at the Royal Opera House during the opening night of The Royal Ballet's revival of Mayerling. To celebrate his invaluable contribution to the ...