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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

[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, ...

“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 ...

Not even a minute after the first dancers appeared onstage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Friday did a band of pirates gambol in and demand the audience’s attention. Unsurprisingly in a ballet ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- They are some of the youngest dancers to grace the Boston Ballet stage and they're working toward the performance of their lives. About 30 kids, age 10 to 16, are rehearsing for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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