Danses Concertantes, commissioned by Ninette de Valois in 1955, was MacMillan’s first major work. An early sign of the incredible artistic output that would follow, the work’s critical success spurred MacMillan to abandon performing in favour of choreography. It is followed by Different Drummer, MacMillan’s complex and haunting balletic interpretation of Woyzeck, Georg Büchner's play about a soldier’s descent into madness. The mixed programme concludes with Requiem, his 1976 work for Stuttgart Ballet, created in memory of its late artistic director, MacMillan’s friend and former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer John Cranko.

Production Notes

Danses Concertantes

MusicIgor Stravinsky 

Designer Nicholas Georgiadis 

Lighting Designer John B. Read

Different Drummer

MusicAnton Webern/ Arnold Schoenberg 

Set designs Kenneth Macmillan 

Costume designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley 

Lighting design John B. Read

Requiem

MusicGabriel Fauré 

Designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley 

Lighting design John B. Read

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