The Lowry, SalfordElaborate sets and bejewelled dancers abound as Carlos Acosta brings Don Quixote and Sancho Panza's chivalrous adventure to the stage Why make a ballet of Don Quixote? To explore delusion? To comment on outdated traditions? When first creating the ballet in 1869 for the Imperial Ballet in Moscow, Marius Petipa focused on one of the book's tales of two lovers: poor Basilio and feisty Kitri. This Birm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM on March 6, 2022