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 ...

They say 'X' marks the spot, but the Pennsylvania Ballet is looking for more than just treasure with the staging of Le Corsaire, the story of a daring pirate and his journey of love, betrayal, and ...

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Why do we still have story ballets? Aren’t they a clunky way to tell a tale? In an age of stunning special effects on screens as big as a barn and as small as a child’s palm, what’s to recommend a ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. We then find ourselves at the pirate hideaway. The pirates have stolen, ...

NEW YORK — They bound onto the stage, one after another, during the opening scene of American Ballet Theatre’s “Le Corsaire”: four high-flying men, each tearing through space in an attention-getting ...

“Le Corsaire” is not a great ballet. With its pirates and harem girls, however, it can be great fun, and that’s the case with the version that Boston Ballet is presenting at the Opera House. Back in ...

Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami (CCBM), under the artistic direction of Eriberto Jiménez, returns to the Miami-Dade County Auditorium on Saturday to offer “Le Corsaire Suite,” the fourth program of ...

Erminia Kamel, artistic director of the Cairo Opera Ballet Company, spoke to Ahram Online about the opening show of the season as well as the company’s future plans As the beginning of a new season ...

Le Corsaire has a great pedigree: choreography by Marius Petipa, with a central pas de trois that is (reduced from trois to deux) endless gala fodder for its spectacular swoony razzmatazz. But it also ...

It has swashbuckling adventure, the romance of exotic lands, bravura choreography, and comic relief. What more does a ballet need? Well, narrative logic and stylistic cohesion wouldn’t hurt, and the ...