Like I say in my earlier post, I am now making up for lost time. Last Friday, I was privileged enough to catch Le Corsaire by the English National Ballet. I must say this is one of the best ballets I have watched in a long time, better than Mariinsky Ballet when they were in town to perform Don Quixote.
Originally, a ballet with a rather dark narrative, the English National Ballet has managed to rework the choreography of the dance to one that is energetic, flirty and romantic at the same time. For fans of Pirates of the Caribbean, this ballet will be right up your alley!
For those who are not aware, this ballet was inspired by poem by Lord Byron. I leave you with the last lines of the poem:
'Tis idle all - moons roll on moons away,
And Conrad comes not - came not since that day:
Nor trace, nor tidings of his doom declare
Where lives his grief, or perish'd his despair!
Long mourn'd his band whom none could mourn beside;
And fair the monument they gave his bride:
For him they raise not the recording stone -
His death yet dubious, deeds too widely known;
He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Link'd with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.'
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