But “Manon” was created in 1974 ... lavish costumes and sets by Nicholas Georgiadis on loan from London’s Royal Ballet, and the menage of ravishing music by Massenet played with feverish ...

Although he grew up tap dancing, with Gene Kelly as a hero, it was a VHS tape of the pas de deux from Manon (recorded from the tele­vision by his dad) that turned McRae on to ballet at 14.

Reece Clarke, the principal dancer at the Royal Ballet and Opera ... but right now the costumes from "Onegin" and "Manon" are on top of his list.