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Kenneth MacMillan

1929 - 1992

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Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 1929 – 29 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death. Earlier he had served as director of ballet for the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. He was also associate director of the American Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1989, and artistic associate of the Houston Ballet from 1989 to 1992. From a family with no background of dance or music, MacMillan was determined from an early age to become a dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth MacMillan is the 77th most popular dancer (up from 87th in 2019), the 3,858th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,990th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Kenneth MacMillan ranks 77 out of 116. Before him are Vera Karalli, Marie Rambert, Alvin Ailey, Sylvie Guillem, Alicia Markova, and Olga Spessivtseva. After him are Birgit Cullberg, Frankie Manning, Natalia Dudinskaya, Joaquín Cortés, Avdotia Istomina, and Birju Maharaj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Kenneth MacMillan ranks 370. Before him are Chi Haotian, Beverly Sills, Günter Kunert, Harry Frankfurt, Lady Pamela Hicks, and Marcel Amont. After him are Ernesto Grillo, Michael Harner, Aulis Kallakorpi, Patricia Routledge, Júlia Sigmond, and Dilara Aliyeva. Among people deceased in 1992, Kenneth MacMillan ranks 198. Before him are Ion Bogdan, Allan Bloom, Irmã Dulce, James Van Fleet, Willie Waddell, and Vincent Gardenia. After him are Sandy Dennis, Tibor Kemény, Severino Rigoni, Ferdinand Adams, Lisa Fonssagrives, and Gyula Polgár.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth MacMillan ranks 3,859 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Clint Mansell (1963), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Peter Withe (1951), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), and Frederick Catherwood (1799). After him are Ken Stott (1954), Christina Pickles (1935), Everard Home (1756), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and Alex Garland (1970).

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Among DANCERS In United Kingdom

Among dancers born in United Kingdom, Kenneth MacMillan ranks 4. Before him are Margot Fonteyn (1919), Lindsay Kemp (1938), and Alicia Markova (1910). After him are Antony Tudor (1908), and Darcey Bussell (1969).

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