Don Quixote
In association with Avis
15 Apr – 15 May 2027
Start your ballet year in sunny Spain with Don Quixote, ballet’s greatest ‘rom-com’, full of tutus, sparkles, love and laughter.
Gorgeous dancing combines with comic flair as feisty couple Kitri and Basilio navigate the twists and turns of their romance, helped – and hindered – by the blunders of the deluded Don Quixote, who stumbles into their story as he dreams of noble quests and knightly adventures.
With dashing matadors, flirtatious fan dances and thrilling pas de deux, Don Quixote is a joyful romp through some of ballet’s funniest, sunniest moments, an intoxicating feast for all the senses and a delight for audiences of all ages.
This gorgeous heritage production, created for West Australian Ballet in 2010 by Lucette Aldous AC, features sensational sets and costumes by Allan Lees OAM. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia, conducted by Hamish McKeich, will perform Ludwig Minkus’s effervescent music.
WellingtonSt James Theatre
AucklandKiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre
Palmerston NorthRegent on Broadway
NapierMunicipal Theatre
HamiltonBNZ Theatre
ChristchurchIsaac Theatre Royal
Behind the scenes
Image Gallery
Credits
Choreography
Lucette Aldous AC (after Marius Petipa)
Music
Ludwig Minkus arr. John Lanchbery
Set & Costume Design
Allan Lees OAM
Lighting Design
Jon Buswell
Stager
Craig Lord-Sole
Artistic Advisor
Floeur Alder
Conductor
Hamish McKeich
Accompanied in Wellington by
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Accompanied in Auckland by
Auckland Philharmonia
Accompanied in Christchurch by
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
Accompanied in all other locations by
a recording of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra