Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli on Manon - World Ballet Day 2014 (The Royal Ballet)

Presenter George Lamb talks to Royal Ballet Principal Artist’s Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli about performing Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon. Find out more at Kenneth MacMillan began work on Manon shortly after the birth of his only daughter. His source was the 18th-century French novel by Abbé Prévost, already adapted twice for opera by Massenet and Puccini. Renowned dance musician Leighton Lucas and his assistant Hilda Gaunt provided a score made from a patchwork of