Members of the cast and creative team on Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8aqXKu27gE
Members of the cast and creative team introduce the main characters of Don Quixote and tell us what makes this new production by Carlos Acosta different from any other. Hear from Carlos Acosta and Marianela Nuñez, who are dancing the lead roles, Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare, Conductor Martin Yates, Répétiteur Alexander Agadzhanov, Ballet Master Christopher Saunders and Lighting Designer Hugh Vanstone.
The Royal Ballet rehearse the Act III Pas de deux Variations and Coda from Don Quixote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqMVpzmBEww
The Royal Ballet rehearse the Act III Pas de deux from Don Quixote (Naghdi, Sambé)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HDKi_yqONQ
Don Quixote - Act I finale (Marianela Nuñez and Carlos Acosta, The Royal Ballet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fKxzQ8ARTQ
Don Quixote - Act II pas de deux (The Royal Ballet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJo39pcjhOw
Carlos Acosta as Basilio and Marianela Nuñez as Kitri perform the Act II pas de deux in Carlos Acosta's Royal Ballet production of Don Quixote.
Carlos Acosta, Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet, created his first work for the Company in 2013. He chose one of his favourite ballets – Marius Petipa's Don Quixote, a joyful adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's classic novel. Acosta's production has proved itself a firm audience favourite, acclaimed for its breathtakingly virtuoso dancing, eye-popping designs by Tim Hatley and the sheer energy and exuberance of the production as a whole. The adventures of the bumbling knight Don Quixote and his ever-faithful squire Sancho Panza have been the inspiration for countless ballets, of which Petipa's is one of the best loved. Acosta has danced the virtuoso role of Basilio many times, and brings that experience to his unique and vibrant vision of the story. Ludwig Minkus's score, created for Petipa, is full of Spanish flair and atmosphere. Don Quixote, with its famously bravura Act III pas de deux and infectious ebullience, is wonderfully entertaining.
Dance of the Matadors, Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaxDQbA0C0
Don-Quixote
https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/don-quixote-by-carlos-acosta