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The ballet has many celebrated passages which are often excerpted from the full-length work and performed independently: the scene Le Jardin animé, the Pas d’esclave, the Pas de trois des odalisques, and the so-called Le Corsaire pas de deux (music mostly by Riccardo Drigo), which is among classical ballet's most famous and performed excerpts.
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The pas de deux from Le Corsaire, an extract from the ballet by Marius Petipa, created in Saint Petersburg in 1899, based on a poem by Byron, was one of Rudolf ’s first successes, and was a realization for him.
Synopsis. At this point in the story, Conrad the pirate has rescued Medora, a Greek slave girl from sale to a Pasha’s harem and taken her to his underground grotto where, having fallen in love with her, they dance this pas de deux in celebration of her rescue.
Jun 5, 2013 · But the most celebrated choreographic item is the pas de deux à trois — danced by Medora, Conrad and Conrad’s loyal slave, Ali — which was added in 1915 by Samuil Andrianov, to whom Ballet ...
