#TBT: Patrick Dupond in "Don Quixote"

#TBT: Patrick Dupond in "Don Quixote"

The ballet world lost an icon earlier this month with the sudden passing of Patrick Dupond on March 5. The French dancer, a former étoile and former director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, had a larger-than-life persona onstage and off. He was renowned for his charisma...
#TBT: Natalia Osipova in "Don Quixote" (2008)

#TBT: Natalia Osipova in "Don Quixote" (2008)

Natalia Osipova, a current principal of The Royal Ballet, is known for her Kitri and the charismatic bravura she brings to the stage. However, as Dulcinea, the idealized heroine danced by the same ballerina in Don Quixote, Osipova portrays a softer character with...
#TBT: Nina Ananiashvili in "Don Quixote"

#TBT: Nina Ananiashvili in "Don Quixote"

Twenty years ago, Nina Ananiashvili, the current artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia, graced the cover of Pointe’s second issue. At the time, she was a principal dancer with both the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Her expressiveness and...
#TBT: Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Don Quixote" (1983)

#TBT: Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Don Quixote" (1983)

If you need a bit of cheering up as we near the end of another week, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s unbridled charisma in this 1983 clip from American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote is just the ticket. Then the artistic director of ABT, Baryshnikov performs...