He believes only what he chooses to believe and sees the world very differently from most people. - Of the laughable conversation that passed between Don Quixote, San- George Balanchine created a completely new Don Quixote (1965), in which he appeared as Don Quixote opposite Suzanne Farrell, one of Balanchine’s own muses, as Dulcinea. Don Quixote, a Spanish gentleman of La Mancha Alonso Quijano (or Quesada, or Quijada), who believes himself and acts as a knight-errant as described in various medieval books of chivalry, riding his horse Rocinante. Moscow Classical Ballet by N.Kasatkina and V.Vasilev Conductor-Oleg Reshetkin Royal Symphony Orchestra of Morocco Rabat 23.01.2015. . Don Quixote’s niece, and housekeeper, together with other droll matters. . ; Sancho Panza (or Zancas), Don Quixote's squire. The two main characters. .381 Chapter III. Don Quixote - The novel’s tragicomic hero.Don Quixote’s main quest in life is to revive knight-errantry in a world devoid of chivalric virtues and values. He is uneducated and unable to read, but he knows numerous proverbs and rides a donkey. And in 1980, Mikhail Baryshnikov restaged the ballet for American Ballet Theatre, while PBT Artistic Director Terrence S. Orr was ballet master there.