The ballet Don Quixote rests on the novel of the same name by the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. The music by Ludwig Minkus masterfully portrays both the Spanish countryside and the emotions of its characters. Connoisseurs consider this masterpiece as one of the more demanding ballet creations. The ballet’s success is mostly attributed to its spectacular dance technique and dynamics. The composer skilfully marked the main characters with their typical motifs; quite fascinating is also the pompous and, at the same time, melancholy tone that lingers around Don Quixote and the comic polka that characterises Sancho Pansa. The love story between Kitri and Basilio is wonderfully captured by their great final pas de deux.
The newest version of this ballet masterpiece will be created for our company by our guest principal dancer Denis Matvienko. We will thus experience his vision of the popular classical ballet piece, which will detach itself from the elements that he finds obstructing for the modern settings of the classical ballet choreographies.