Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

175 mins | Music | April 10, 2016

Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’ hero comes to life in the Bolshoi's critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance. With panache and sparkling technique, principal dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, flamenco dancers, gypsies, and dryads in virtuosic dancing that is quintessential Bolshoi. Captured live on April 10, 2016

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote

175 mins | Music | April 10, 2016

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
Inspired by heroic stories of brave knights, Don Quixote of La Mancha and his faithful servant Sancho Panza set out on an adventure to meet his ideal woman, Dulcinea. Cervantes’ hero comes to life in the Bolshoi's critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance. With panache and sparkling technique, principal dancers Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin lead the spectacular cast of toreadors, flamenco dancers, gypsies, and dryads in virtuosic dancing that is quintessential Bolshoi. Captured live on April 10, 2016
Producers Bolshoi Theatre, Pathé Live
Original title Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
Directors Vincent Bataillon
Writers Marius Petipa, Miguel de Cervantes

Cast

Ekaterina Krysanova

as Kitri / Dulcinea

Semyon Chudin

as Basilio

Alexei Loparevich

as Don Quixote

Roman Simachev

as Sancho Panza

Denis Medvedev

as Gamache

Ksenia Zhiganshina

as Juanita

Anna Okuneva

as Piccilia

Anna Tikhomirova

as A Street Dancer / First Variation in Grand Pas

Ruslan Skvortsov

as Espada

Kristina Karasyova

as Mercedes

Olga Smirnova

as The Queen of the Dryads

Daria Khokhlova

as Cupid

Andrei Sitnikov

as Lorenzo, Kitri's father

Galina Ivanova

as Lorenzo's Wife

Ekaterina Barykina

as Duchess

Ivan Prazdnikov

as Tavern Keeper

Marfa Fyodorova

as Three Dryads

Nelli Kobakhidze

as Three Dryads

Olga Marchenkova

as Three Dryads

Alesya Boyko (Gradova)

as Four Dryads

Daria Gurevich

as Four Dryads

Svetlana Pavlova

as Four Dryads

Anna Voronkova

as Four Dryads

Vera Borisenkova

as Spanish Dance

Lyudmila Yermakova

as Spanish Dance

Anna Zakaraya

as Spanish Dance

Anna Antropova

as Gipsy Dance

Maria Zharkova

as Fandango

Evgeny Golovin

as Fandango

Oksana Sharova

as Bolero

Vitaly Biktimirov

as Bolero

Yulia Stepanova

as Second Variation in Grand Pas