Don Quixote

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Artist/Maker	Voytek (designers)
Place of origin	London (made)

Set design by Voytek for the ballet Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II.

Don Quixote, using the choreography of Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov, opened at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on 28 June 1962 and then toured, opening in London at Sadler's Wells on 26 July.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Dance Designs
Object type	Set design
Title	Don Quixote (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Crayon and watercolour on art board Crayon Watercolour Art Board Drawing (Image-Making) Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Set design by Voytek for Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II
Physical description	Design for a front gauze for Don Quixote, showing clothes and ragged cloths on ropes supported on poles, with hanging animal carcasses, a cooking pot to left and a wheel to right, drawn in black against a blue background.
Dimensions	Height: 30.5cm Width: 45.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	'ACT II ^FRONT GAUSE / CAMP / Don Quixote' (Inscribed by the artist in pencil and ink on reverse.)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Dame Marie Rambert
Summary	Set design by Voytek for the ballet Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II. Don Quixote, using the choreography of Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov, opened at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on 28 June 1962 and then toured, opening in London at Sadler's Wells on 26 July.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.975F-1983

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Record created	May 12, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1222735/don-quixote-set-design-voytek/

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