I think it's very interesting this is being talked about, mainly because I've always thought that what's so powerful about Macmillan's work is that through dance and the stories he chose to portray, he enables very difficult issues and emotions to be addressed. It was often, but not always, women and their part in society that he picked up on. When I watch Mayerling, I see a woman being contorted around a man, but actually, what I really notice (and what I suspect Macmillan wanted me to see) is the terror in Princess Stephanie, the anguish in Rudolf, the journey of emotion we see in Mary. And then we talk about it - and it reflects real events in real life and therefore we're talking about things that are often swept under the carpet. And with a polite display of dance on stage, without a choreographer willing to explore those difficult themes and without dancers willing to put their bodies through that, we're a less informed group.
And that's the joy of the arts for me anyway (just my tuppence-worth anyway, and I also am beginning to find MacGregor very same-y).