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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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Mar 21, 2024 · Until April 24, 2024, the Opéra Bastille presents the ballet Don Quichotte, choreographed and directed by Rudolf Nureyev and inspired by Marius Petipa. Adapted from the novel by Cervantes, the ballet features the adventures of Don Quixote, an idealist who battles windmills and travels in the company of his squire Sancho Pança.
