Friedemann will perform the role of Chevalier des Grieux in Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon with the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki.The love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux is a lyric tragedy of innocence corrupted in the pleasure-seeking world of Paris in the early 18th century.Des Grieux, a victim of Manon's desires, sacrifices everything to follow her to a tragic end.