Original Choreography:
Marius Petitpa
Composer: Leon Minkus
Moscow, Russian 1869


Ballet Minnesota Productions

First Production
Acts 1-3
16th Minnesota Dance Festival
April 28 - May 1, 2004
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
Restaged by: Cheryl Rist
Gypsy choreography: Andrew Rist
Costumes: Cheryl Rist
Lighting: Tom Campbell
Sets: Jim Arnold, Cynthia Betz, Lisa Gray
Kitri: Oksana Konobeyeva
Basilio: Dmitri Tuboltsev
Don Quixote: Jim Lieberthal
Sancho Panza: Brad Jacula
Queen of Dryads: Caitlin Mussman
Amour: Sarah Bulger
Lorenzo: Antone Gregory
Toreado: Kirill Bak
Mercedez: Colette Illarde
Flower Girls: Erin Warn, Taylor Dreyling

Next Production:
Acts 1-3
May 6-7, 2011   (23rd MDF)
Fitzgerald Theater, St Paul, MN
Restaged by: Cheryl Rist

CAST - May 6-7, 2011

Kitri:  Oksana Konobeyeva
Basilio:  Matthew Prescott

Don Quixote:   Jim Lieberthal
Sancho Panza:  Aaron Davies
Gamache:  Christopher Micheala
Lorenzo:  Antone Gregory
Espada:  Nicholas Lincoln
Mercedez: Laura Horn
Flower Girls:  Erin Warn, Jennifer Bennett, Anna Betz
Dulcinea: Emma Devera

Toreadors:Riley Thomas Weber, Ben Olsen, Nik Nelson, Aaron Davies.

Espanol:Anna Betz, Hannah Wagner, Sophia Mitchell, Celesta Brainard, Harper Skulley

Street Dance: Anna Betz, Harper Skulley, Hannah Wagner, Sophia Mitchell, Celesta Brainard, Solona Reyes, Olivia Verdick, Anna Reimann, Christina Gustafson, Olivia Rose Awsumb, Sophia Pellegrom, Lily Gray, Zoe Peterson, Rachel Busse, Maggie Sullivan

Dryad Queen:  Jennifer Bennett
Amour:  Julia Heggerness

Dryads:  Jennifer Bennett, Erin Warn, Anna Betz, Margaret Underwood, Hannah Wagner, Sophia Mitchell, Harper Skulley, Celesta Brainard, Berea Ames, Olivia Verdick, Anna Reimann, Sophia Pellegrom, Solona Reyes, Olivia Rose Awsumb, Lily Gray, Christina Gustafson, Janelle Amacher, Mary Shrake, Molly Roche

Gypsies:  Anna Betz, Hannah Wagner, Harper Skulley, Celesta Brainard, Sophia Mitchell, Riley Webber, Nik Nelson, Ben Olsen, Aaron Davies.

Act 1

            A market square in Barcelona.
Kitri, Lorenzo’s daughter is in love with Basilio.  Much to her chagrin, she learns that her father plans to marry her to Gamache, a floppish nobleman. Don Quixote and Sancho Panza enter the village causing a great comotion. Noticing Kitri, Don Quixote wonders if he has at last found his Dulcenia.  At the height of the merryment Kitri and Basilio aided by all of their friends, including Espada and Mercedes, sneak off to elope aided by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.  Gamache and Lorenzo attempt to pursue the young couple before they marry.

Act 2

             Don Quixote and Sancho Panza discover the fleeing couple in a Gypsy Camp.  Don Quixote believes that the windmill is a monster attacking his Dulcinea (Kitri).  After attacking, he fall unconscious and dreams of Dulcinea.  Don Quixote han an enchanted dream of beautiful Dryad * maidens in which the image symbolizes his Dulcenia (his ideal woman). During the dream he realized that Kitri is not his ideal, but belongs to Basilio.  At sunrise Lorenzo and Gamache meet up with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Sympathetic to the plight of the young lovers, Don Quixote attempts to lead them astray.

The Tavern

           Finally, discovered, Kitri is forced by Lorenzo to accept the attention of Gamcehe.  The distraught Basilio pretends to commit suicide?  Upon learning of the farce, Kitri employs Don quixote to persuade Lorenzo to wed her to the corpse.  Instantly Basilio comes to life!

Act 3

           The wedding.  The village celebrates the marriage. Don Quixote celebrates the couple, bids a warm farewell and resumes his everlasting adventures

Ludwig Minkus

Ludwig Minkus aka Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (March 23, 1826 — December 7, 1917), was a composer of ballet music and a violin virtuoso. Born Aloisius Ludwig Minkus in Velké Meziříčí (German: Grossmeseritsch), near Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire, {today the Czech Republic}.

He is most noted for the ballets he composed while serving as the First ballet composer to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, a post which he occupied from 1871 until its abolition in 1886. He continued composing music regularly for the Imperial Theatres until 1891, when he retired to Vienna.

DON QUIXOTE

April 28 - May 1, 2004

CAST

Kitri:  Oksana Konobeyeva
Basilio:  Dmitri Tuboltsev

Don Quixote:   Jim Lieberthal
Sancho Panza:  Brad Jacula
Lorenzo:  Antone Gregory
Gamache: David Heath
Espada:  Kirill Bak
Mercedez: Colette Illarde
Flower Girls:  Erin Warn, Taylor
   Dreyling

Dryad Queen:  Caitlin Musmann
Amour:  Sarah Bulgerg

Dryads:  Erin Warn, Taylor Dreyling, Vanessa Burns, Carolyn Quisenberry,Daniella Vaughn, Elena Ahmann,Tayden Kuhn, Rebecca Pelletier, Michelle Ho, Emily Bariel, Jordan Van Matre, Caitlin Lam. Marisha Johnson, Charlotte Kroening, Maria de sam Lazaro, Karmyn Grant, Claire Buethe, Tori Kampmeyer, Sierra Benson, Emma Colon

Gypsies:  Tayden Kuhn, Rebecca Pelletier, Michelle Ho, Elena Ahmann ,Emily Bairel, Jordan van Matre, Caitlin Lam, Sarah Mickens, Andre Scheglowski, Allen Gregory, Jordain Chinander