Le Corsaire

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Le Corsaire is a famous 19th-century Romantic ballet, inspired by Lord Byron’s poem, that follows the adventures of a dashing pirate and is renowned for its virtuosic choreography and dramatic storytelling.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic ballet
ballet
artForm classical ballet
basedOn The Corsair
basedOnWorkAuthor Lord Byron
containsNumber Le Corsaire pas de deux
Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Corsaire pas de trois

Le Jardin Animé
Odalisques variations
genre Romanticism
hasAdaptation Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Corsaire (Anna-Marie Holmes staging)

Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Corsaire (Konstantin Sergeyev revision)

Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production)
Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Corsaire (Pyotr Gusev revision)

Le Corsaire (Rudolf Nureyev staging)
hasCharacterRoleType Pasha
pirate
slave trader
hasOrchestrationContributor Cesare Pugni
Léo Delibes
Riccardo Drigo
language French
mainCharacter Ali
Conrad
Gulnare
Lankendem
Medora
Pasha
notableCompany American Ballet Theatre
Bolshoi Ballet
Mariinsky Ballet
notableFeature demanding female variations
demanding male variations
dramatic storytelling
spectacular ensemble scenes
virtuosic choreography
notableRevivalChoreographer Anna-Marie Holmes
Konstantin Sergeyev
Marius Petipa
Pyotr Gusev
Rudolf Nureyev
originalChoreographer Joseph Mazilier
originalComposer Adolphe Adam
period 19th century
premiereCity Paris
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1856-01-23
premierePlace Paris Opera
surface form: Théâtre Impérial de l’Opéra
setting Mediterranean Sea
Ottoman Empire
theme abduction and rescue
adventure
freedom
heroism
romance

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The Corsair adaptationTitle Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire containsNumber Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Corsaire pas de trois
Le Corsaire hasAdaptation Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Corsaire (Konstantin Sergeyev revision)
Le Corsaire hasAdaptation Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Corsaire (Pyotr Gusev revision)
Le Corsaire hasAdaptation Le Corsaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Corsaire (Anna-Marie Holmes staging)
Medora appearsInCanto Le Corsaire
this entity surface form: Canto I of The Corsair
Ballet Theatre performs Le Corsaire
subject surface form: American Ballet Theatre
Marius Petipa notableWork Le Corsaire
Svetlana Zakharova hasRole Le Corsaire
this entity surface form: Medora in Le Corsaire
Angel Corella performedIn Le Corsaire
Léo Delibes notableWork Le Corsaire
this entity surface form: Le corsaire (additional music)
Adolphe Adam notableWork Le Corsaire
this entity surface form: Le corsaire
Adolphe Adam composed Le Corsaire
this entity surface form: Le corsaire