A Surprise Corsaire Debut

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 06 June 2017

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“a rare opportunity to see a young dancer make an important debut”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 5 June 2017

Le Corsaire (Anna-Marie Holmes, Marius Petipa, Konstantin Sergeyev)

American Ballet Theatre

Skylar Brandt, Dancer

Herman Cornejo, Dancer

Sarah Lane, Dancer

Daniil Simkin, Dancer

Jeffrey Cirio, Dancer

Firecrackers at the 15th Ballet Icons Gala

Margaret Willis, 26th January

An evening of sparkle and bravura at London's international ballet gala.

***11

A piratical carry-on: English National Ballet revives Le Corsaire

Graham Watts, 8th January

The spectacular dancing of Erina Takahashi, Francesco Gabriele Frola and Jeffrey Cirio is the principal reason to catch ENB's revival of this creaky swashbuckler.

***11

Wildly offensive, but wildly entertaining too: ABT's Le Corsaire

Ivy Lin, 11th June

Perhaps ABT's disclaimer in the program notes should have simply said: "When you watch Le Corsaire, prepare to be both offended and entertained. We hope you'll be more entertained than offended."

****1

“The spirit of Margot” celebrated in The Royal Ballet's Fonteyn gala

Graham Watts, 8th June

A memorable and important event in the history of British ballet, sensitively and sentimentally performed.

****1

Polina and Friends gala wins Berlin balletomanes

Katja Vaghi, 17th May

Organised by Berlin State Ballet audience’s darling, the principal dancer Polina Semionova, the gala Polina & Friends and its stellar cast literally left the house roaring from enthusiasm.

*****

San Francisco Ballet's 85th Season Gala

Carla Escoda, 18th January

San Francisco Ballet gives a rousing account of Justin Peck's ground-breaking Rodeo, newcomers Ana Sophia Scheller and Ulrik Birkkjær make waves, and Carlo DiLanno wins my vote for MVP at this season's gala.

***11

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.

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