Manchester Opera HouseThe story of an ill-treated 18th-century convent girl is troubling, but English National Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan's version with breathtaking virtuosityThe opening of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon depicts an entire society built on avarice, its fineries all of a piece with its miseries. Stockinged aristocrats, cloaked dealers, ragged thieves and beggars: the ballet may be set in 18th-century…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM on October 21, 2018