Leandro Pérez portrays Don Quixote and Anette Delgado is Kitri in the Ballet Nacional de Cuba performance. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
As Basilio, Dani Hernández was a strong performer, dancing every demanding solo faultlessly and exhibiting exemplary classical line down to the tips of his long, long feet. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Created in 1988, the “Don Quixote” production by Alicia Alonso, Marta Garcia and Maria Elena Llorente adopts much of the familiar Petipa/Gorsky choreography but sets the action during the French occupation of Spain. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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“Don Quixote” by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Anette Delgado as Kitri in “Don Quixote” by the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Maureen Gil and Roberto Vega as young gypsies. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Dani Hernández as Basilio. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Anette Delgado, in red, as Kitri. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)