Since its 1869 premiere, "Don Quixote" has rightfully earned a lofty position on ballet repertoire lists. It is pure spectacle designed to show off a company's technical skills, and it does so ...
The injuries of three soloists wreaked havoc with Houston Ballet's Don Quixote on June 6, requiring a page of changes in the program. But once the curtain rose, the company delivered a solid, ...
“‘Don Quixote’ is stylistically one of the richest classical ballets,” says Atlanta Ballet’s Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin. “Through the characters, it weaves together so many different ...
Like Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, whose visions (or delusions) spur him toward knightly quests, Sergio Masero-Olarte has pursued a dream to become a world-class dancer. It sent him on a ...
The adage “dying is easy, comedy is hard” must have driven choreographer Carlos Acosta when he tackled the baggy monster that is Marius Petipa’s “Don Quixote.” Every directorial decision, from the set ...
Tulsa Ballet’s “Don Quixote” does not feel like the typical classical story ballet. A good many 19th century ballets — the full-length productions usually based on fairy tales and fantasies — are ...
“Don Quixote” is a story with over four hundred years of influence, adaptation and intellectual discussion. It is the subject of countless debates, dissertations and disagreements, but as the dancers ...
But it did, giving the West its first taste of a phenomenon that had assumed the quality of myth. And that air of marvellous otherness, of heroic prowess, still clings to this gargantuan cultural ...
Peninsula Ballet Theatre has announced its upcoming spring repertory program, showcasing an exciting blend of classical elegance and contemporary innovation. This season's performance highlights ...
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