Don Quixote, Royal Opera House London, review: Akane Takada dazzles as Natalia Osipova suffers on-stage fall
Even Natalia Osipova can't always defy gravity. Making her debut in The Royal Ballet's production of Don Quixote, the Russian star fell after a soaring leap. Though she finished the act with impressive dash, she had to pull out of the rest of the show. Young Akane Takada stepped in for the last two acts, dancing with superb assurance.