What has become the Philadelphia branch of Ukraine's Donetsk Ballet - about two dozen dancers who having been living in Germantown since the summer - has found a novel way to produce one of the most lavish ballets of the Russian repertory, Don Quixote.
On Friday and Saturday, a production that uses 60 children as well as the Donetsk professionals will be performed at the Germantown Friends School.
The idea of presenting a major ballet with children in secondary roles belongs to Nancy Malmud, the director of the Wissahickon Dance Academy. "I thought it would be a good way to gather support for the company," she said of the Donetsk troupe, which is having difficulty finding an audience.
