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Running Time: 148 minutes. A dashing pirate’s love for a beautiful harem girl sets the scene for suspenseful abductions and dramatic rescues—featuring one of the most famous pas de deux in all of the classical ballet repertoire.
Le Corsaire is a ballet typically presented in three acts, with a libretto originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges loosely based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron.
Apr 15, 2021 · American Ballet Theatre in “Le Corsaire”; Photo Credit: NY Times. The Mariinsky Ballet in “Le Corsaire”. Today, Le Corsaire faces criticism for its outdated themes, sexism, cultural appropriation, and the general depiction of Middle Eastern culture and the slave trade.
Boasting over 120 performers, Le Corsaire perfectly showcases explosive bravura dancing from ABT’s star-studded roster of dancers.
Jul 3, 2012 · Take Anna-Marie Holmes’s production of “Le Corsaire,” a popular war horse that returned to American Ballet Theater repertory on Monday.
Jun 5, 2017 · Boasting over 120 performers, Le Corsaire perfectly showcases explosive bravura dancing from ABT’s star-studded roster of dancers. Read More Cast & Creative
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Jun 5, 2013 · Giovanni Galzerani choreographed the first Corsaire (predating by a few years Filippo Taglioni’s ballet in Meyerbeer’s Robert Le Diable which is often sited as the first Romantic Ballet), an “ azione mimica” in five acts.
