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Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)

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.

Top Cast

  • Marianela Núñez

    Marianela Núñez

    Kitri

  • Carlos Acosta

    Carlos Acosta

    Basilio

  • Christopher Saunders

    Christopher Saunders

    Don Quixote

  • Philip Mosley

    Philip Mosley

    Sancho Panza

  • Ryoichi Hirano

    Ryoichi Hirano

    Espada

  • Laura Morera

    Laura Morera

    Mercedes

  • Bennet Gartside

    Bennet Gartside

    Gamache

  • Gary Avis

    Gary Avis

    Lorenzo

  • Melissa Hamilton

    Melissa Hamilton

    Queen of the Dryads

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.

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