As early as 1614, the court ballet 'Don Quichotte' was danced in the royal Louvre. Subsequently, motifs from Cervantes' work became a permanent feature of ballet, resulting in dozens of new adaptations over 400 years. However, Marius Petipa's ballet with music by Ludwig Minkus (1869) created a real furore, as it remains on the stages to this day, refreshed and transformed by successive generations of choreographers. Why is it so vibrant and popular? The picturesque colours of old Spain, the alluring gypsies and costumed toreadors, the erroneous knight of La Mancha, the comical Sancho Panza and the twisted Gamache can always count on success. And the main characters, Kitri and Basilio, are second to none in the classical repertoire in terms of charm, temperament and dance virtuosity. It all adds up to a thrilling revue of classical dance in Spanish style.

Director: Alexei Fadeyechev

Cast: Yuka Ebihara / Aleksandra Liashenko / Maria Zhuk as Kitri - Dulcinea, Pavel Kontsevoy / Maksim Voitiul / Vladimir Yaroshenko as Basilio, Sergey Basalaev / Mikhail Khrushchevsky / Lukasz Tuzhnik as Don Quixote, Bartosz Anczykowski / Pavel Kontsevoy / Kurush Voinski as Sancho Panza, Carlos Martín Pérez / Sebastian Solecki / Kurusz Wojeński as Gamache, Yuka Ebihara / Palina Rusetskaya / Aneta Zbrzeźniak as Juanita, Marta Fiedler / Agnieszka Pietyra / Emilia Stachurska as Piccilia, Viktor Banka / Robin Kent / Vladimir Yaroshenko as Espada.

Author: Marius Petipa according to Miguel de Cervantes
Release date: 2014-05-29
Genre: ballet
Set design: Thomas Mika
Music: Alexei Baklan, Marta Kluczynska
Light: Steen Bjarke
Choreography: Marius Petipa, Aleksandr Gorski
Costumes: Thomas Mika
Duration: 160 min