The Galli Theater, in collaboration with the ATER Foundation, hosts the Ukrainian Classical Ballet, the Kiev corps de ballet, on its stage.
The Ukrainian company presents to the public Don Quixote, a ballet in three acts based on the famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes,music by Ludwig Minkus.
With the choreography of Marius Petipa perform among others, Olga Golytsia, award-winning Étoile of the National Opera of Ukraine, 'Taras Shevchenko', in the role of Kitri, star of this ballet.
While the novel by Miguel de Cervantes focuses on the adventures of Don Quixote, a knight fond of chivalrous novels, so much so as to confuse his life with the story of his readings, the ballet instead focuses mainly on the story of the beautiful Kitri, daughter of an innkeeper, who falls in love with Basilio, a penniless barber played by Jan Vańa. The story departs from Cervantes' novel, but offers the ballet the opportunity to perform variations of Spanish dance, bringing elements of the typical folklore of that land.
Rimini and the Galli Theater are thus also part of the solidarity circuit created by regional and national theaters in support of Ukrainian artists, with a show of high artistic value.
Tickets are available at the Galli theater box office and online. The proceeds are donated to support Ukrainian people.