Melissa Hamilton: Royal Ballet star is about to tackle the role of Manon
Blessed with long, powerful legs, beautifully fluid arms and an opened-out, all-giving style of expression, the young Royal Ballet star Melissa Hamilton has been compared to "Charlize Theron in pointe shoes". Now she is preparing for a crucial debut on 13 October as Manon in Kenneth MacMillan's ballet of the same name " possibly her biggest challenge to date. British-born female principals have been in short supply i…