Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
10/04/2016
3h



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
Cast


Ekaterina Krysanova
Kitri / Dulcinea


Semyon Chudin
Basilio


Alexei Loparevich
Don Quixote


Roman Simachev
Sancho Panza


Denis Medvedev
Gamache


Ksenia Zhiganshina
Juanita


Anna Okuneva
Piccilia


Anna Tikhomirova
A Street Dancer / First Variation in Grand Pas


Ruslan Skvortsov
Espada


Kristina Karasyova
Mercedes


Olga Smirnova
The Queen of the Dryads


Daria Khokhlova
Cupid


Andrei Sitnikov
Lorenzo, Kitri's father
Galina Ivanovna
Lorenzo's Wife


Alexander Fadeyechev
Duke
Ekaterina Barykina
Duchess


Ksenia Pchelkina
Jig


Alexei Matrakhov
Jig


Anton Savichev
Jig


Alexander Vodopetov
Jig
Ivan Prazdnikov
Tavern Keeper
Marfa Fyodorova
Three Dryads
Nelli Kobakhidze
Three Dryads


Olga Marchenkova
Three Dryads
Alesya Boyko (Gradova)
Four Dryads
Daria Gurevich
Four Dryads


Svetlana Pavlova
Four Dryads
Anna Voronkova
Four Dryads
Vera Borisenkova
Spanish Dance
Lyudmila Yermakova
Spanish Dance
Anna Zakaraya
Spanish Dance


Anna Antropova
Gipsy Dance
Maria Zharkova
Fandango
Evgeny Golovin
Fandango
Oksana Sharova
Bolero


Vitaly Biktimirov
Bolero


Yulia Stepanova
Second Variation in Grand Pas
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
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