Royal Ballet brings new production to Hippodrome

Don Quixote, a new production by Birmingham Royal Ballet 's director Carlos Acosta is arriving at Birmingham Hippodrome next month.

The production, created especially for Birmingham Royal Ballet featuring all-new designs by Tim Hatley, introduces the audience to Cervantes ' famous knight himself, lovers Kitri and Basilio, and a host of supporting characters.

The first UK performances of Acosta 's 21st-century production of this 19th-century masterpiece, featuring music by one of the founding fathers of Russian Ballet music Ludwig Minkus, performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, comes to the Hippodrome from 18 to 26 February 2022.

Carlos Acosta's original production, his first full length ballet, was created for The Royal Ballet in 2013, and was last seen at the Royal Ballet in 2019.

It has also been seen in cinemas all over the world.

Carlos has been performing in Don Quixote since the age of 16 when he won the Prix de Lausanne so it 's very close to his heart, but also a real crowd pleaser.

Carlos Acosta said: “For this new production, I wanted to give it a completely new take and a new look to the one that I gave to the Royal Ballet so that Birmingham has its own.

“It 's a new production with a new concept and designs, re-orchestration, new elements of the choreography, new colours, a whole new palette.

“This ballet is really popular with dancers; it is a ballet for virtuosos. If you really have aspirations to become the best ballet dancer you can be, then you must have this ballet under your belt.

“Also, it 's a production that gives opportunities to a large ballet company because there are a lot of roles for everyone - for soloists, for corps members and principals - it 's a real showcase. ”

Pictured: The Royal Ballet 's production of Carlos Acosta 's Don Quixote from 2013, photographed by Bill Cooper