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Royal Ballet warms to Carlos Acosta's fiesta-style Don Quixote

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“The company is coming to terms with the ‘devil-may-care’ reckless abandon needed in this ballet”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 25 November 2014
Don Quixote
The Royal Ballet
Martin Yates, Conductor
Tim Hatley, Set Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Carlos Acosta, Dancer
Marianela Núñez, Dancer
Christopher Saunders, Dancer
Bennet Gartside, Dancer
Claire Calvert, Dancer
Acosta's Don Quixote for BRB: polished but not quite enough panache
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