
Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri). Still built on Petipa's original choreography, Acosta's clear dramatic structure and vivid stage action gave the ‘boy gets girl despite her father’ story a more convincing air than usual, with Don Quixote's parallel obsession with Dulcinea-Kitri coherently woven into the plot.

Marianela Núñez
Kitri

Carlos Acosta
Basilio

Christopher Saunders
Don Quixote

Philip Mosley
Sancho Panza

Ryoichi Hirano
Espada

Laura Morera
Mercedes

Bennet Gartside
Gamache

Gary Avis
Lorenzo

Melissa Hamilton
Queen of the Dryads

Elizabeth Harrod
Amour

Christina Arestis
Dulcinea

Yuhui Choe
Kitri's friend

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg

Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita
Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

Snow White
Snow White
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker

Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels
Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels

Giselle
Giselle

Bolshoi Ballet: A Hero of Our Time
Bolshoi Ballet: A Hero of Our Time

The Bolshoi Ballet: A Contemporary Evening
The Bolshoi Ballet: A Contemporary Evening

Woolf Works
Woolf Works

The Sleeping Beauty
The Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella
Cinderella