A Love Poem…

Evgenia Obraztsova was born in St Petersburg. She graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class M. Vasilieva) and joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2002. Coached by Ninel Kurgapkina she has made a big impression in the classical repertoire as well as in Balanchine and Forsythe works.
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Sylphide), The Sleeping Beauty [...]

“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.“-William Shakespeare
Don Quixote is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig [...]

“And muse on Nature with a poet’s eye.“-Thomas Campbell
Plot outline
The plot is taken from two chapters in Cervantes’ novel of the same name. It concerns the unsuccessful attempt by the rich and foppish Gamache (Camacho in Cervantes’s novel) to marry the beautiful Kitri (known as Quiteria in the novel), who in turn is in love [...]

“Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.“-Edmund Waller
Analysis
Today Don Quixote is considered one of the most joyous and festive of the classical ballets, brimming with spectacular virtuoso dancing. At the same time this abundance of dancing is well organised, showing a clear choreographic and dramatic vision (particularly in the Kirov [...]

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Ballet is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the French court, further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. It is a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is primarily performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of [...]

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.“-Edgar Allan Poe

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