{"id":6545,"date":"2013-04-25T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=6545"},"modified":"2013-04-25T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T17:22:53","slug":"don-quixote-performed-by-the-russian-national-ballet-live-at-the-ford-center-thursday-april-25-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/don-quixote-performed-by-the-russian-national-ballet-live-at-the-ford-center-thursday-april-25-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Quixote, performed by the Russian National Ballet live at the Ford Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><em>Don Quixote<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is based on the epic masterpiece by <strong>Miguel de Cervantes<\/strong>. The choreography for the ballet was created by <strong>Marius Petipa<\/strong> at the height of his career.\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fordcenter.org\/files\/2012\/07\/DonQuixote-300x194.jpg?resize=300%2C194\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Based on an episode from Miguel de Cervantes\u2019 famous novel,\u00a0<i>Don Quixote de la Mancha<\/i>, the story follows its title hero, a middle-aged country gentleman absorbed with tales of chivalry, who sets out to defend virtue and punish those who violate the code of honor. With his servant<strong> Sancho Panza<\/strong> as his armor-bearer, he travels to <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>, only to mistake <strong>Kitri<\/strong>, an innkeeper\u2019s daughter who is in love with a barber, for his dream-lover Dulcinea. A dance-packed feast of comedy, drama, romance, intrigue, betrayal and fantasy, Minkus\u2019 rousing score endows each scene with rich atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The <strong>Russian National Ballet Theatre<\/strong> was founded in Moscow during the transitional period of\u00a0<em>Perestroika<\/em>\u00a0in the late 1980s, when many of the great dancers and choreographers of the Soviet Union\u2019s ballet institutions were exercising their new-found creative freedom by starting new, vibrant companies dedicated not only to the timeless tradition of classical Russian Ballet but to invigorate this tradition as the Russians began to accept new developments in the dance from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">When: April 25, 2013 @ 7:00 PM \u2013 10:00 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Cost: $33.50 Orchestra\/Parterre, $28.00 Mezzanine\/Balcony (General Admission)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">More Information and tickets:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordcenter.org\/ai1ec_event\/don-quixote-russian-national-ballet\/?instance_id=\">http:\/\/www.fordcenter.org\/ai1ec_event\/don-quixote-russian-national-ballet\/?instance_id=<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Quixote\u00a0is based on the epic masterpiece by Miguel de Cervantes. 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