"The real story is a romantic comedy between Kitri, the innkeeper's spirited daughter, and Basilio, her charming but broke barber boyfriend. Kitri's father wants her to marry Gamache, a wealthy fool in purple velvet. There's a fake suicide, a puppet show, live horses, and a dream sequence with wood nymphs. It's one of the rare comedies in the classical repertory."
"The choreography dates to 1869, when Marius Petipa created the original for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. SF Ballet's version was restaged in 2003 by Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov, and the sets and costumes you'll see tonight were designed by Martin Pakledinaz, a Tony winner who died shortly after the production premiered in 2012."
San Francisco Ballet presents Don Quixote at the War Memorial Opera House, featuring choreography originally created by Marius Petipa in 1869. The ballet adapts Cervantes' novel into a romantic comedy where Don Quixote becomes a secondary character. The main story follows Kitri, an innkeeper's spirited daughter, and Basilio, her charming but poor barber boyfriend, as they navigate her father's desire for her to marry the wealthy but foolish Gamache. The production includes theatrical elements like fake suicide, puppet shows, live horses, and dream sequences with wood nymphs. SF Ballet's current version was restaged in 2003 by Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov, with sets and costumes designed by Tony-winning designer Martin Pakledinaz.
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