1962 – First time Ballet Rambert dances Don Quixote

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The first staging by a British company of the popular Russian classic, Ballet Rambert presented Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on June 28, 1962, in a version by Witold Borkowski. The cast was led by Lucette Aldous as Kitri, Kenneth Bannerman as Basilio and John Chesworth as Don Quixote.

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