The ballet "Don Quixote"
in 2 acts, 5 scenes
with a prologue and epilogue
based on the novel by M. Cervantes
"The clever hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha"
Libretto - M. Petipa in the editorial office of V. Gordeev
Music by L. Minkus,
Choreographer - Vyacheslav Gordeev
Choreography - M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, V. Gordeev
Artists - I. Nezhny (set design), T. Tulubieva (costumes)
A well-known story about the noble knight from La Mancha from the novel by Miguel Cervantes "Artful Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha" to the music of Ludwig Minkus is embodied on the ballet stage by the artistic director of the theater People's Artist of the USSR Vyacheslav Gordeev.
According to Vyacheslav Gordeyev, artistic director of the Russian Ballet, "This premiere will be a prologue to the celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of the greatest choreographer, Marius Petipa, who dedicated his life to the Russian Terpsichore. We try to make the ballet bright and life-affirming. He is full of love, humor and fun. The spectator will receive a charge of positive emotions, a good mood. "
Based on the plot of the novel by Cervantes and the scenarios of Petipa and Gorsky, Gordeev composed his own libretto. The plot will unfold in two acts and six scenes. A great connoisseur of classics, Vyacheslav Gordeev is a choreographer, he kept in the choreographic fabric of the play the golden pages of Petipa and Gorsky's works. At the same time he gave the play a new scenographic look. He will play with new colors, will be more dynamic and understandable on the plot. The main characters - Don Quixote and Sancho Panso are not just comedic-dramatic heroes - they have acquired dance parties. In the play, new characters will appear, for example, Alonso Kihano (the young Don Quixote), the nun Joanna, the niece of Don Quixote.
The stars of the theater will perform in the main parts: prima ballerina, laureate of international competitions and the "Soul of Dance" award Anna Shcherbakova, premier of the theater, honored artist MO Dmitriy Kotermin, leading soloists, laureates of international competitions Julia Zvyagina, Mstislav Arefiev, Vladimir Mineev.
