by Julia Guiheen | Jun 7, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
American Ballet Theatre is in the midst of Le Corsaire this week as part of the company’s annual season at the Metropolitan Opera House. One of the ballet’s most celebrated and challenging male roles is Ali, the Slave. Daniil Simkin is dancing the part...
by Madeline Schrock | Oct 18, 2016 | Company Life
Pirates don’t typically pirouette. But next week, they’ll do just that for Boston Ballet’s North American premiere of Ivan Liska’s Le Corsaire. Pointe spoke with Ashley Ellis about her debut as Medora, a woman separated from...
by Hannah Foster | Dec 2, 2015 | Company Life
When it comes to gender roles, Le Corsaire is anything but modern. The female characters are passed from pasha to pirate and back again, and they do little else than dance for the men—whether those men are good or evil, lover or foe. (With the ballet’s...
by Shannon Woods | Mar 4, 2015 | Company Life
If you call yourself a “bunhead”, you’ve seen the movie Center Stage. It’s ballet’s pop culture classic–and for some dancers outside of New York, it may be their first time seeing American Ballet Theatre principal Julie Kent. Since...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
An integral portion of Le Corsaire’s first act is the Odalisque pas de trois—a dance by three slave girls whom the audience knows little about. Choreographed to a grandiose score, the Odalisque variations act as an interlude in the ballet’s...