Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) (2014)

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) (2014)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 2014-03-31 United Kingdom 180 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri). Still built on Petipa's original choreography, Acosta's clear dramatic structure and vivid stage action gave the ‘boy gets girl despite her father’ story a more convincing air than usual, with Don Quixote's parallel obsession with Dulcinea-Kitri coherently woven into the plot.

Cast

Carlos Acosta is Basilio
Basilio
Christopher Saunders is Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Philip Mosley is Sancho Panza
Sancho Panza
Laura Morera is Mercedes
Mercedes
Bennet Gartside is Gamache
Gamache
Gary Avis is Lorenzo
Lorenzo
Melissa Hamilton is Queen of the Dryads
Queen of the Dryads
Yuhui Choe is Kitri's friend
Kitri's friend
Beatriz Stix-Brunell is Kitri's friend
Kitri's friend
Valeri Hristov is Matador
Matador
Itziar Mendizabal is Gypsy couple and fandango couple
Gypsy couple and fandango couple
Kristen McNally is Tavern girl
Tavern girl