The naively optimistic plot of the ballet Don Quixote cannot really be compared with the novel of the same name, by Miguel de Cervantes. What, then, is the reason for the ballet’s success over the decades? The answer lies in the dance elements, the ballet’s unfaltering attraction. Don Quixote was written for wealthy Moscow, a city that has left its mark on the form of this work.

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