• Kenneth MacMillan: Steps Back In Time review – the road to greatness

    Barbican, London
    Viviana Durante revives early works by Kenneth MacMillan in a programme full of poignant insightsWhen the choreographer Kenneth MacMillan died in 1992, he left behind him more than 90 ballets, created over 39 years. His last evening was spent at Covent Garden, at a revival of his ballet Mayerling; during the performance he suffered a fatal heart attack backstage. The principal dancer performing the lead role of Mary Vetsera that night was Viviana Durante, then 25 and a noted int

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