I was so thoroughly delighted by this afternoon's matinee performance of Don Quixote. The American Ballet Theatre production was joyous and exuberant. Utterly beautiful and transporting, despite the silliness of the plot.The plot here is just basically an excuse for a dance, something that props up these gorgeous performances and provides a kind of overall structure (as well as a motif for the wonderful costumes). I didn't know there was such thing as comic ballet, but apparently there is. In any event, I ignored the comedy and was swept up with the stunning, charismatic dancers who were bursting with joy.
My favorite part was the extended dream sequence, which was such a beautiful example of classical ballet. Just perfect.
Choreographed by Petipa and Gorsky, music by Minkus. The principal dancers were fucking amazing. Ximoara Reyes as Kitri was incredibly charming, and Herman Cornejo as Basilio was incredible as well. David LaMarche conducted.
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