a ballet in 3 acts

Choreographer Manuel Legris (France)
Music Director and Conductor Valerij Ovsianikov (Russia)
Set and Costume Designer Luisa Spinatelli (Italy)
Lighting Designer Marin Hewett

Premiere: 27 April, 2018
Running time: 3 hrs.

Le Corsaire is a ballet for those members of the audience who are seeking miracles whenever they visit a theatre... If, once the curtain rises, you are overcome with an urge to applaud the sunny market square on the stage, if piles of beautiful fake pears and peaches delight your eyes and water your mouth, if you‘re moved by the rivetingly naïve body language of pashas-eunuchs-slaves-pirates, if you’re fascinated by their glamorous costumes, and if a shipwreck on the stage makes you more worried than hearing about one in real life on TV news – then this ballet is most certainly for you.