Kenneth MacMillan

Latest Articles

At long last love?

Boston Ballet hitches up with John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet
Boston Ballet has been playing the Romeo and Juliet dating game for almost 25 years now.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | February 20, 2008

Tragic tropes and anti-tropes

NYCB's Romeo , Boston Ballet's Giselle
The only question to ask about a new Romeo and Juliet, besides “Why?”, is “Why New York City Ballet?”
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | May 18, 2007

Bird brain

Boris Eifman’s The Seagull
The plays of Anton Chekhov don’t take well to dance.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | March 29, 2007

L’Allegro, fuss and feathers, and the ICA blues

A year in dance
This year we were looking forward to dance performances at the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater in the new ICA.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 20, 2006

Stacked deck

The Royal Ballet’s Manon
Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon is Romeo and Juliet ’s ugly stepsister.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | June 21, 2006

New Orleans story

The Royal Ballet’s Manon
When the Royal Ballet touches down at the Wang Theatre this month, quash any visions you might have of tea-and-crumpets decorum.
By DEBRA CASH | June 13, 2006

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