Images of Love

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Kenneth MacMillan
Composer: Peter Tranchell
Music title: Images of Love (1964)
Work definition: Ballet in nine parts
Based on: Based on speeches from the plays of William Shakespeare and his sonnet CXLIV
Notes: The ballet premiered on the occasion of the Shakespeare Quartercentenary, performed with Frederick Ashton's 'The Dream' and Robert Helpmann's 'Hamlet'.
World premiere: 2 April 1964, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 2 April 1964, The Royal Ballet
ROH company premiere: 2 April 1964, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Images of Love (1964) The Royal Ballet (22 performances online)