Minkus: Don Quichot (Alexander Gorski/ Anna Tsygankova/ Dutch National Ballet/ Holland Symfonia/ Karel De Rooij/ Kevin Rhodes/ Marius Petipa/ Matthew Golding/ Peter De Jong) (Arthaus Dvd: 101562)

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Don Quichot - an audience favourite of prestigious companies worldwide - is a dazzling display of high spirits, virtuosity and Spanish temperament. The flamboyant leaps, dizzying pirouettes and crisp pointe work that are standard features of the production give the performers every opportunity to show off their technical prowess. But at the same time, the comic story based on Cervantes' masterpiece makes strong demands on the dancers' acting abilities. The leading Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky has drawn inspiration for his production from the libretto of the first version of Don Quichot by Marius Petipa, created in 1869. The former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and Artist in Residence of the American Ballet Theatre now has also added his own new elements and choreography to the ballet. The modern designs for the ballet, by the renowned French designer Jerome Kaplan, refer to the times of Cervantes.

"A magic moment of ballet." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
" Don Quichot is a hit ... Anna Tsygankova and Matthew Golding make a dream couple." De Telegraaf