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Don
Qui
xote

October
18 – 20, 2024
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Performances

Friday, October 18, 2024
7:30 PM
Tobin Center | H-E-B Performance Hall
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
2:00 PM
Tobin Center | H-E-B Performance Hall
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
7:30 PM
Tobin Center | H-E-B Performance Hall
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Sunday, October 20, 2024
2:00 PM
Tobin Center | H-E-B Performance Hall
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Run Time: Approximately 1 Hour and 45 Minutes – Including one 20 minute intermission. 

*Please be aware fog will be used at this performance. 

About The Show

Act 1

Our story begins in the Spanish countryside in a small village which is full of life, kids, and villagers dancing. Sometimes people from the big city come to visit – you can spot them by their fancy clothes, their Torredor (bullfighting) capes, and their sometimes-upturned noses. 
 
 In this village, live the young lovebirds Kitri and Basilio – however, it soon becomes clear that Kitri’s father, Lorenzo, does not approve of their match. Against Kitri’s wishes, Lorenzo decides that she should be married to Gamache, a rich Nobleman.
 
When Don Quixote and Sancho Panza stumble upon this village, Don Quixote sees Kitri, and is convinced that she is his imagined, idealized love, Dulcinea.
 
With the help of some dear friends, Kitri and Basilio sneak off from the village into the forest to escape all this mess, but they’re followed by Don Quixote, Sancho, Lorenzo, and Gamache.

Act 2

Deep in the forest, Kitri and Basilio meet a fortune teller traveling with some nomads, who helps them know that everything will turn out alright. 
 
Suddenly, a big storm blows in. Don Quixote, in an attempt to act valiantly, begins to attack a windmill, but he soon is struck by lightning and transported into a land of spirits, cupids, dryads, and nymphs. In this mystical space, Don Quixote realizes that Kitri is not his love Dulcinea, and agrees she should be able to be happy and marry Basilio, whom she loves.
 
Once they’re back in the village, everyone is in preparation for the marriage between Kitri and the rich Gamache! However – her love Basilio comes up with a cunning plan to pretend to take his own life so that everyone believes him to be out of the way. He fakes his death, but Kitri soon realizes what’s happening and joins in on the plot. She begs for her father’s blessing of her love for Basilio, while he is playing dead, before she has to go off and marry Gamache “for real”.  Don Quixote forces Kitri’s father to give his blessing, and suddenly, Basilio comes to life again! Gamache is run out of town, and the lovers are finally able to be together. 
 

Dancers: Principals Sofie Bertolini and Michael Agudelo
Photography: Em Watson

Meet The Characters

PATRICK ARMAND

CHOREOGRAPHER

Born in Marseille, France, Patrick Armand studied with Rudy Bryans, his mother Colette Armand, and at the Ecole de Danse de Marseille. He won the Prix de Lausanne in 1980 and continued his studies at the School of American Ballet and at the Centre de Danse International in Cannes. In 1981, he joined the Ballet Theatre Français and was promoted to principal dancer in 1983.
 
That same year, Patrick was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Béjart’s Song of a Wayfarer with Rudolf Nureyev. In 1984 he was invited by Peter Schaufuss to join the London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet), where he danced for six years before joining the Boston Ballet in 1990, under the direction of Bruce Marks. While in Boston he received the E Virginia Williams Inspirational award for his work with the company.
 
Patrick’s repertoire includes many leading roles in works by Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, MacMillan, Petit, Tetley, and van Manen. Notably, in 1988, Patrick performed Siegfried in the world premiere of Natalia Makarova’s Swan Lake at London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet). That same year, he was voted best dancer of the year by the British magazine, Dance and Dancers. In addition, he has had work created on him by such choreographers as Bohbot, Bruce, Tharp, and Wheeldon, among others. As a guest artist, Patrick performed with the Australian Ballet, the Bayerische Staatsballet, the Deutsche Oper Ballet (Berlin), the Kirov Ballet, and the Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre.
 
In 2002, he took over the direction of Studio Ballet Colette Armand in Marseille. He has also been a frequent guest teacher notably The Royal Ballet company and school, the National ballet of Canada company and school, Teatro alla Scala company and he is invited regularly in Japan by the Japan Ballet Association to teach and coach.
 
In 2003, Patrick co-produced Act III of Raymonda for the Noriko Kobayashi Ballet Theatre at Tokyo’s New National Theater. In 2006, he was appointed teacher and ballet master of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He also choreographed a production of Don Quixote for the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, which premiered in June 2010.
 
In 1998 and 2009, Patrick served as a jury member of the Prix de Lausanne and from 2010 until 2020 he was invited as a teacher and coach for the competition.
 
In 2010, he was appointed principal of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program and on September 1, 2012, he assumed the position of SF Ballet School associate director. Patrick was named director of the School at the 2017 Student Showcase Dinner, for which he was honorary chair.
 
At the end of the 2023 season, Patrick stepped down from his position in San Francisco to pursue freelance teaching and coaching.

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

H-E-B Performance Hall

100 Auditorium Circle
San Antonio, TX 78205

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Parking At The Tobin Center

The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts offers convenient parking options within a short walk of the venue, making it easy to attend events.

Tobin Center Parking Garage

Located at 227 4th Street, San Antonio, TX 78205, the Tobin Center Parking Garage provides several parking choices:

General Parking: $15

Prepaid Parking: $12*

Reserved Parking: $25*

Valet Parking: $29


To secure prepaid or reserved parking, please contact the box office at 210-223-8624 or visit our website using the link below. Prepaid and reserved parking options are unavailable for events held in the Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater.


Accessible Parking

Accessible parking is available on all levels of the Tobin Center Parking Garage. General accessible parking is priced at $15, with a $12 option if prepaid. Reserved accessible parking is available for $25.

You can reserve one of the three accessible parking spaces on level 2 when purchasing your tickets for $25. Each general admission floor also offers three accessible spaces conveniently located near the elevator, priced at $15 ($12 if prepaid).

Drop-Off Location

If you’re dropping someone off, there is a designated drop-off area on Auditorium Circle, located to the left of the main entrance steps. To reach this area, head north on Jefferson Street and turn left onto Auditorium Circle.

Food And Drinks

Restaurants

Rebelle at the St. Anthony Hotel

Stout’s Signature at Tobin Center 

Landrace at the Thompson Hotel

The Moon’s Daughters at the Thompson Hotel

Ocho at the Hotel Havana

TASTE Pre-Performance Dining at the Tobin Center

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Share Your Experience

While photos of the performance are strictly prohibited, photos and videos of you and your guests are welcome! Please tag us @balletsa and use the #SayBSA to share your experience with us.

From the Press:

“The 2022 production of Don Quixote by Ballet San Antonio at the Tobin Center received positive attention for its vibrant interpretation.  Choreographed by Patrick Armand and adapted by Sofiane Sylve, the production balanced tradition with fresh staging, bringing a lively and technically skilled performance to the San Antonio stage​”

 – Arts Alive San Antonio
Dancer: Zachary Bennett
Photography: Em Watson