If there’s any ballet that should be a success with any staging, it is the grand ballet Le Corsaire, a swashbuckling tale of pirates, slave maidens and sword fights. A great success in its first ...

“Le Corsaire” is a show-off piece that highlights pyrotechnical dancing. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—After its successful staging of “Tatlo Pang Kuwento ni Lola Basyang”, Ballet Manila ...

The Pennsylvania Ballet will perform an adaptation of "Le Corsaire" created by artistic director Angel Corella. “It is a famous ballet that the majority of our company has never performed," Corella ...

Not even a minute after the first dancers appeared onstage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Friday did a band of pirates gambol in and demand the audience’s attention. Unsurprisingly in a ballet ...

Le Corsaire brings swashbuckling on the high seas to the Academy of Music stage. "It's mainly the story about pirates and treasure," says Angel Corella, Artistic Director for Philadelphia Ballet. "But ...

Two well-known 19th-century classics – “Le Corsaire” and “Coppelia” – will highlight the Colorado Ballet’s five-production season in 2007-08, the company announced Monday. In addition, the ballet will ...

The ballet “Le Corsaire” is a splashy pirate adventure, told through a 150-year-old lens of chivalry and a fascination in Orientalism. Enjoy it for the escapism and the dancing. That’s the hope. It ...

(the pirate) is a bright, upbeat ballet, unlike the more popular but tragic ballets such as,and. And this version of this rarely performed piece of work is packed full of talent and energy. The ...

MANILA, Philippines - After its successful staging of Tatlo Pang Kuwento ni Lola Basyang, Ballet Manila continues its 18th performance season with the full-length pirate adventure on pointes, Le ...

Why do ballet companies still bother with Le Corsaire? Not for its plot — sex trafficking, poisoned roses and the broadest of racial stereotypes are hardly the stuff of which marketing dreams are made ...

After its successful staging of “Tatlo Pang Kuwento ni Lola Basyang,” Ballet Manila (BM) continues its 18th performance season with the full-length pirate adventure on pointes, “Le Corsaire.” ...