Don Quixote tilts at windmills. Triad International Ballet brings them to life.
The company opens at the Carolina Theatre this Wednesday and Thursday, May 6 and 7, with what is genuinely one of ballet’s most joyful productions. Petipa’s choreography, Minkus’s exuberant score, and a story that holds both the dreamer and the pragmatist inside it — the knight who sees giants where there are windmills, and the squire who sees windmills and follows anyway. It’s funny, it’s gorgeous, and it moves quickly – straight to your heart!
Their resources page for the performance is one of those quietly generous things a company builds for the community and doesn’t make a fuss about. It runs from a Library of Congress deep-dive on Cervantes as the inventor of modern fiction, through the full Minkus score (timestamped, every movement), into the real engineering history of wind turbines, the tangled roots of flamenco, and the 15th-century Spanish guitar. It trusts you to be curious.
Go for the ballet. Stay for the rabbit hole.
Tickets at the Carolina Theatre · Resources page
Often referred to as ballet’s most beloved romantic comedy, Don Quixote, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ definitive novel, is a heart-warming story of one man’s quest for love. Its namesake character is an older gentleman, a lover of books and of love itself, who becomes so captivated by stories of knights and their gallantry that he dreams up his own adventure. When he wakes, he and his faithful squire, Sancho Panzo, set out on a quest to save Dulcinea, the woman of Don Quixote’s dreams. They meet many memorable characters along their journey who give this story its charm.
Triad International Ballet is a non-profit organization with a mission to bring the love of ballet to everyone. We are an institution renowned for artistic excellence, community engagement, developing the careers of our dancers and honoring the rich tradition of classical ballet while inspiring contemporary audiences.
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