Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya (1916-2008), Soviet ballerina as Kitri in the ballet 'Don Quixote' by the Bolshoi Theatre. A scene from the Third Act. Don Quixote, is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and was first presented by the Ballet of the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, Russia in 1869. 1941 Supplied By: SCRSS - Society For Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies