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.

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  Marianela Núñez

  Kitri
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  Carlos Acosta

  Basilio
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  Christopher Saunders

  Don Quixote
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  Philip Mosley

  Sancho Panza
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  Ryoichi Hirano

  Espada
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  Laura Morera

  Mercedes
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  Bennet Gartside

  Gamache
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  Gary Avis

  Lorenzo
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  Melissa Hamilton

  Queen of the Dryads
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  Elizabeth Harrod

  Amour