BBC Documentaries
Ballet's Dark Knight - Sir Kenneth MacMillian
TV-PG
2018 • E82 May 6, 2018 60mBallet’s Dark Knight - Sir Kenneth MacMillan is a new film exploring the life and work of celebrated yet controversial choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, whose pioneering creativity unleashed over sixty new ballets that changed the dance landscape forever.
Weaving together stunning specially-shot footage, never seen before family films and MacMillan’s own voice from the archives alongside those who were closest to him, the documentary reveals MacMillan to have been a complex figure who lit up the ballet world with his bold choreographic genius while struggling privately with alcoholism, anxiety and depression.
Weaving together stunning specially-shot footage, never seen before family films and MacMillan’s own voice from the archives alongside those who were closest to him, the documentary reveals MacMillan to have been a complex figure who lit up the ballet world with his bold choreographic genius while struggling privately with alcoholism, anxiety and depression.