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 ...

“Le Corsaire” has endured endless resurrections and refinements in its two-century life. The popular story about pirates and slave women, best known as a ballet, is a mongrel with many ancestors.

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 ...

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 ...

The National Ballet of China unveiled its new version of the ballet Le Corsaire on Saturday at the Tianqiao Theatre in ...

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 ...

[mediagrid cat=”34220″]A deafening silence draped over the crowd in the Boston Opera House as the lights dimmed and the curtains rose. A boat full of pirates in a stormy sea appear behind the scrim, ...

English National Ballet will premiere a new production of Le Corsaire (The Pirate), one of the great 19th Century classics, in October 2013. English National Ballet will be the first UK company to ...

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 ...

“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 ...