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Dec 5, 2023 · Date: 21st March to 24th April 2024. Inspired by Marius Petipa’s choreography, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance with a Spanish flavour. The soloists and the Corps de Ballet are carried away in ensembles and pas de deux to the strains of a spirited score.
- DON QUIXOTE - PARIS OPERA - Fondation Rudolf Noureev
Date: 09 Dec 2021 to 02 Jan 2022. Inspired by the...
- DON QUIXOTE - PARIS OPERA - Fondation Rudolf Noureev
Written in the 17 th century, Cervantes’ novel recounts the adventures of Don Quixote, an idealist and bookworm who one day decides to ride across Spain with the naive Sancho Panza. In Nureyev’s ballet they meet Kitri and Basilio.
Named Dance Director at the Paris Opera in 1983, he kept a special status allowing him to dance in 40 shows each season, which is how he performed in all the ballet he created or revived for the Company (Basilio in Don Quichotte, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker, the Prince in Swan Lake, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette
Mar 21, 2024 · Inspired by Marius Petipa’s choreography, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote is a true celebration of dance with a Spanish flavour. The soloists and the Corps de Ballet are carried away in ensembles and pas de deux to the strains of a spirited score.
Jul 30, 2021 · Date: 09 Dec 2021 to 02 Jan 2022. Inspired by the choreography of Marius Petipa, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote is no less than a festival of dance that shines the limelight on the soloists and Corps de Ballet in a wide variety of ensembles and pas de deux.
The ballet Don Quixote was first created by Marius Petipa in 1869 in Moscow. Inspired by Cervantes' novel, it recounts the loves of Kitri and Basilio. Rudolf Nureyev first danced Don Quixote at the Kirov Theatre in 1960 and it became one of his favourite roles.
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Based on the classic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes, this ballet adaptation tells the story of the titular Don Quixote: a knight errant who travels across Spain in the pursuit of heroic adventures, accompanied as always by his faithful squire, Sancho Panza.
