UChristine Shevchenko kwi UDon Quixote .URosalie O'Connor Makhe sithethe UDon Quixote . Ayisiyo inoveli yeCervantes, hayi inguqulelo ecel'umngeni kaBalanchine yowe-1965, hayi inguqulelo yoqobo kaPetipa ka-1869-ngubani onokuthi kweli nqanaba lonto ibinjani? UPetipa uphinde wakwenza kwakhona (amatyeli aliqela), uAlexander Gorsky waphinda wakwenza oko ngo-1900, uBaryshnikov waphinda wakwenza oko ngo-1983, kwaye ke bekukho iinguqulelo ezininzi ezingenakubalwa zangaphambi kwePetipa nguBournonville, Noverre, Didelot, Filippo Taglioni kwaye ngubani owaziyo. Kodwa i Don Q Sibona ngokubanzi ukuhla okuvela kuPetipa-Gorsky, kuba yayinguPetipa owaqala wasebenzisa amanqaku amnandi kaLudwig Minkus kwaye wenza inqaku lokuqala langokuhlwa elipheleleyo. Imveliso yanamhlanje ye-ABT ihlelwe nguKevin McKenzie, umlawuli wezobugcisa wenkampani, kunye noSusan Jones, oyinkosikazi ye-ballet eyintloko. Ukuhamba phezu kwayo yonke into, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ngu-Irina Kolpakova, owayekhe wangumzekelo oqaqambe ngakumbi wobukrelekrele baseRussia ojoyine i-ABT ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu esidlulileyo kwisimemo sikaBaryshnikov kwaye usekho, kumashumi asibhozo anesihlanu, ebonisa abafazi benkampani ukuba zinjani izinto yenziwe.
Ndandidla ngokuhlekisa UDon Quixote , nesigama sayo esilinganiselweyo — zonke ezo sketi zijikelezayo kunye neefeni ezijikelezayo kunye neSpanish. (UPetipa wayechithe inxalenye yobutsha bakhe eSpain, kwaye wayeyithanda.) Ndisazomeleza kumaxesha amaninzi xa enye inkampani okanye enye ikhupha into eyaziwayo UDon Quixote Pas de Deux ukunika abaphulaphuli bayo incasa ye-ballet pyrotechnics kwaye ubonise iinkwenkwezi zayo. Kodwa kokukhona ndibone ukugqibelela Don Q , kokukhona ndizile kungekuphela nje ukuba ndilonwabele kodwa nokulihlonipha. Nantsi ibhalethi enebali elihambelanayo, abalinganiswa abamibalabala, amanqaku aphosa isandi esinye esingenakuphikiswa emva kwenye. (Ewe, bakhona abangayithandiyo, kodwa ndinosizi kubo kuphela.) 
UJames Whiteside ungene UDon Quixote .URenata Pavam
Eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu, ngumdaniso-thon. Abadanisi baphalaza baphuma eqongeni-iinqununu, iimvumi, ii-solo-soloists, amabutho. Ayisiyiyo nje isibini esithandanayo, uKitri noBasilio, kunye no-Espada uMatador, kunye noMercedes uMdanisi wesitalato, kunye neentyatyambo ezimbini ezingenakoyiswa zeNtombazana, kunye nenqanaba lamaGypsy, kunye nezikhokelo kwindawo entle yombono, kodwa abalinganiswa abahlekisayo: iGamache, isityebi fop esinethemba lokutshata noKitri, kunye notata kaKitri obawayo, noSancho Panza. Kwaye echukumisayo, ehloniphekileyo, waphazamisa uDon Quixote ngokwakhe. Kwaye le nkqubo ibhekisa phi njengabantu baseKapa, abathengisi, aBantwana.
Njengamabala amnandi ebali eBournonville, UDon Quixote izisa umhlaba opheleleyo wabantu, apho wonke umntu ethanda wonke umntu (iGamache ecaleni) kunye ne-panache yomdaniso weklasikhi wonwabile ngumoya oqaqambileyo waso sonke isihlandlo. Yintoni ongayithandiyo? Ayikho intsingiselo enzulu, akukho ukutolikwa okwenyani-uKitri uya kuhlala eyi-hoyden ezimisele, enothando; U-Basilio uya kuhlala eyi-barber ethandwayo, onothando, onothando (kunye nozimeleyo); IiGypsies ziya kuhlala ziyi-Gypsies. ISpain iya kuhlala i-Spain. Kodwa yeka ibhaleyi kubadanisi abancinci ukuba bakhulele kuyo! Ngenxa yokuba kukho amathuba amaninzi ahlukeneyo kunye nomngeni wokudanisa, UDon Quixote yindawo efanelekileyo yokuqeqesha. Kule meko-kwaye kuphela lo mbandela-uluncedo ngakumbi kwinkampani kunamahlaya athandana kakhulu, e-Ashton Intombazana engalindelwanga kakuhle , engenayo indima yomdaniso emsulwa ngaphandle kukaLise noColla. 
UCory Stearns ungene UDon Quixote .UMarty Sohl
Ndonwabile ukuba ndibone zonke izinto ezithandathu ze-ABT, kodwa ukuqonda kunye nokuzibamba kuthintele kumibini. Inye ikhokelwe nguChristine Shevchenko, waseUkraine, kwaye kutshanje unyuselwe waba ngumdanisi oyintloko. Umnyama, uyakhazimla, kwaye uyinkwenkwezi, ethatha iqonga kwaye eyibambile-zama ukuyisusa kuye! Inkqubo yakhe iqinile kwaye nomtsalane wakhe awunakuphikwa, ukuba wenziwe kancinci. Une-spunk kaKitri, kunye neqabane lakhe, uJames Whiteside, naye ugcwele ipizzazz. Ndifumene engachukumisi kangako njengoMercedes, komnye umlingisi endimbonileyo, kodwa leyo yindima engaqhelekanga- uphambili kwaye uphakathi, nangona enezinto ezingenamdla zokwenza kunokuba ungalindela. Kwelinye icala, uZhong-Jing Fang, enye iMercedes endiyibonileyo, yayivutha-ayindothusi into yokuba kusuku olulandelayo emva kwale ntsebenzo, wenziwa njengemvumi yenkampani. Ngokucacileyo usiya eKitri. 
UGillian Murphy kwi UDon Quixote .UGene Schiavone
Kwaye emva koko kweza uGillian Murphy, umphathi wenkampani-kwaye eseseyona-ballerina. Ube yinqununu ngaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu, edanisa phantse yonke indima angadanisa ngayo webhaleyi, kwaye ubonakala enamandla kwaye ekhuselekile njengakuqala. UMurphy, kunye neenwele zakhe ezibomvu ezibukekayo, unendibaniselwano enqabileyo: uqine ilitye kwaye unomculo onzulu. (Owona mdanisi wamva nje wabelana ngezo mpawu nguKyra Nichols.) NjengoKitri, ukutsiba kwakhe kwakumnandi (nangona kwakungekho mnandi njengeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kuyo yonke iKitris, iPrisetskaya), ibhalansi yakhe iphantse yagqibelela, kwaye imnandi kakhulu, Iifouettés zazingenasiphoso kodwa zazinomdla ngendlela evakalayo- kwaye ndingumntu olwa nefouetté. Walahla kude kabini, kathathu, akazange azulazule, wenza ukuba umlandeli wakhe abe yinxalenye yolonwabo-yayingabonisi (nangona kunjalo), yayiyindlela eguqulwe yaba bubugcisa. UKolpakova kufuneka ukuba wayezingca. 
UClinton Luckett njengoDon Quixote kunye noSean Stewart njengoSancho Panza kwi UDon Quixote .URosalie O'Connor
I-Basil kaMurphy yayingumdlalo oqaqambileyo kuye-uCory Stearns woyisile ukuqina kwakhe kokuqala kwaye angabi nje kuphela ngobukho obuqinileyo, obunokuthenjwa kodwa obubalulekileyo nobunomtsalane. Bobabini babekhangeleka bonwabile kunye, kwaye abaphulaphuli, ndibandakanyiwe, babephambene kubo. Ngexesha lokugqitywa konke, wonke umntu wavuya. Ke Don Q isenokungabi nabunzulu be Ubuhle bolele okanye Ichibi laseSwan okanye UGiselle— ayinabunzulu konke konke-kodwa ngumboniso omkhulu, usethwe ngokuqaqambileyo ziiseti kunye neengubo zikaSanto Loquasto. Lixesha lokuba uyeke ukuyijongela phantsi kwaye unombulelo ongazenzisiyo kwintabalala yayo.
