Details

Based on the original tale by Cervantes. The ballet follows the adventures of Kitri, the adventurous peasant girl, who runs off to a gypsy encampment with her sweetheart, the local barber Basilio, rather than follow her father's wish that she marry the outrageously silly, but wealthy Gamache. After romantic and comic complications including a sword-fight, tilting at the windmill and a moonlit pas de deux, chivalrous Don Quixote resourcefully ensures a happy ending.

Cast/Performers

Carlow Acosta, Marianela Nunez, Roberta Marquez, Alexander Campbell, Martin Yates, Sarah Lamb, Iana Salenko, Steven McRae

Creatives/Company

Music: Minkus
Company: Royal Ballet Company
Choreographer(s): Marius Petipa (original choreography), Carlos Acosta (this production)
Design: Tim Hatley
Lighting: Hugh Vanstone