Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production)

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Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production) is a landmark 19th-century Russian staging of the ballet "Le Corsaire," renowned for its expanded choreography, virtuosic variations, and enduring influence on the classical ballet repertoire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet production
stage work
artForm dance
theatre
associatedWithInstitution Imperial Ballet (Saint Petersburg)
associatedWithTheatre Mariinsky Theatre
basedOn Le Corsaire
Le Corsaire (ballet)
centralTheme heroic rescue
piracy and adventure
romantic love
choreographer Marius Petipa
choreographicContributionBy Marius Petipa
contains grand pas d’action
pas de deux
variations
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
featuresCharacter Ali
Conrad
Gulnare
Lankendem
Medora
Pasha
genre classical ballet
romantic ballet
hasInfluenceOn female classical variation style
male virtuoso ballet technique
hasLegacy key example of Petipa’s grand-scale narrative choreography
source for many later revivals and revisions of Le Corsaire
hasRepertoireStatus frequently excerpted for gala performances
standard work of classical ballet repertoire
historicalPeriod 19th century
influenced 20th-century productions of Le Corsaire
modern classical ballet staging practices
languageOfProduction Russian
movementStyle classical ballet technique
notableFor enduring influence on classical ballet repertoire
expanded choreography
grand pas de deux and ensemble sections
influence on 19th-century Russian ballet
virtuosic variations
partOf Imperial Russian ballet tradition
settingOfStory Mediterranean region
Ottoman Empire (fictionalized)
linked to: Ottoman Empire

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Le Corsaire hasAdaptation Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production)
Lankendem firstAppearance ballet Le Corsaire (1856)
linked to: Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production)
Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production) basedOn Le Corsaire (ballet)
linked to: Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa production)