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Dec 5, 2023 · 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.
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
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.
Apr 4, 2024 · In Milan they will soon dance Nureyev’s La Bayadère (created for Paris in 1992) but that only got to La Scala in December 2021. In Paris they are dancing his 1981 Don Quixote which was restaged there in 2002 with sets by Alexandre Beliaev and costumes by Elena Rivkina.
Jul 30, 2021 · Opéra Bastille – Paris. from 09 December 2021 to 02 January 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.
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Don Quichotte (Rudolf Noureev) - Extrait (Ludmila Pagliero) Ballet in three acts with prologue – Based on several scenes taken from the novel by Miguel de Cervantes – Music : Ludwig Minkus – Chorography : Ruldof Nureyev after Marius Petipa.
