Royal Opera House, London: Given that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are reduced to minor characters in this ballet, Marius Petipa ought to be done for misrepresentation, but Carlos Acosta's first stab at choreographing a full length ballet for the RB - or rather, making over an original - defies pedantry. He finds the fun in the work, exposes much of its absurdity and layers it with a sunniness and warmth that wo…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:07AM on October 1, 2013