The Philadelphia Ballet is celebrating 60 years this season. And it's the 10th anniversary for the ballet's artistic director who is opening the season with an adventure featuring pirates, love and a quest for treasure.
' Le Corsaire ' brings swashbuckling on the high seas to the Academy of Music stage from October 18-26.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 it's really, really fun, really high energy. A wonderful ballet to start the celebration of our 60th anniversary. We have such an amazing group of dancers in the company."Corella is re-staging the adventurous ballet, which he says is now more about the dancing and the love story. "Because it's my 10th anniversary, I wanted to bring ballets that I was kind of popular for," he says. "And it has a lot for everyone.""Conrad and his friend Birbanto, they go into this town," he says. "Conrad gets into town, he sees Medora, he falls crazy in love with her, and she falls in love with him too.""The Pasha comes into town, she dances for the Pasha," says Corella. "And then finally, the Pasha takes her to the palace." In the meantime, Conrad comes up with his own plan to be with Medora. He has his pirate friends kidnap her.But Conrad's servant, Ali, saves the day. "The part of Ali was made famous by Rudolf Nureyev or Mikhail Baryshnikov. I danced that part too," says Corella. "This ballet is very unusual because it has a lot more male characters than any other ballet." He says the pirates get to dance this really difficult dance, and when audiences see the dancers on stage, they'll get pulled into the performance. "It feels like when you're watching, you're part of what they're doing on stage," he says. "And it's pretty amazing."
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