The Bolshoi Ballet brings the classic Don Quixote to the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. Adapted from Miguel de Cervantes’s novel, the ballet is celebrated worldwide for its exuberant Spanish color, bright comic plot and formidable classical technique. Created in Moscow and refined through more than a century of performance, Don Quixote has become an exemplar of the Moscow ballet style. The Bolshoi’s current production preserves the finest elements of successive classic stagings, reviving this enduring masterpiece through vivid characterization and vibrant theatrical energy.
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