This article is a review and includes subjective thoughts, opinions and critiques. Beautiful poses, immense talent and a flair for drama — Cardinal Ballet Company’s (CBC) production of “Don Quixote” ...

In Miguel de Cervantes’s seminal novel “Don Quixote,” the titular character sets out on an impassioned quest to prove the importance of chivalry. And even though the ballet adaptation of the story ...

Though he is quick to insist that he is not a choreographer, Mikhail Baryshnikov nonetheless has enjoyed some legitimate success in the United States by staging for American Ballet Theatre a few of ...

Kitri, an innkeeper’s daughter steals out of the house to meet her beloved, the barber Basilio. Her father, Lorenzo sees the lovers and sends Basilio away, bringing Kitri to tears. Now comes the rich ...

“Don Quixote” is a story with over four hundred years of influence, adaptation and intellectual discussion. It is the subject of countless debates, dissertations and disagreements, but as the dancers ...

BalletMet has performed numerous grand tragedies in recent years, full of forlorn, doomed lovers. For its latest production, though, it's looking for a few more laughs. “The best way to describe ‘Don ...

This was an excellent production of a marvelous work of art. A big classic 19th century ballet like Don Quixote truly contains multitudes. There are toreadors of course, and fair ladies of Spain, but ...

There is a moment in the Act I pas de deux of the popular ballet Don Quixote where Basilio lifts Kitri and the music pauses as Kitri is suspended in the air for a count of four. Basilio holds with ...

The ballet called “Don Quixote,” which the San Francisco Ballet opened in revival Friday evening at the War Memorial Opera House, is the ballet that best distinguishes a classic from a relic. Granted ...

Most important, it’s a dance-a-thon. Dancers spill out onto the stage—principals, soloists, demi-soloists, corps. Not just the romantic couple, Kitri and Basilio, and Espada the Matador, and Mercedes ...

Although Don Quixote sprang to life on the pages of Miguel de Cervantes’ celebrated novel nearly 400 years ago, the determined if misguided Spanish knight remains as popular a character as ever. The ...