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While Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Le Corsaire – Ballet Manila’s first production for its 26th performance season – is done, dusted, and relegated to the archives of the company, the show continues to weigh intensely in the minds of co-artistic associates Eileen Lopez and Gerardo Francisco Jr.
In this clip are photographs featuring both casts from the season opening performance of Le Corsaire.
In this clip, Ballet Manila’s corps de ballet takes centerstage with the performance of Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Le Corsaire with an excerpt of the Pirates’ Dance in Act 2 for the men, and the Naila Waltz in Act 3 for the women.
In this clip, Pearl performs the dramatic Gulnara Variation from Act 1 while Shaira takes on the solo in the Naila Waltz in Act 3.
This clip excerpts the iconic pirate cave scene, featuring six Ballet Manila principal dancers playing the leads in the two casts of Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Le Corsaire.
Pure entertainment” is how Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde describes Le Corsaire, the pirate adventure which will open the company’s 26th performance season.
Combining his words from that interview and images from BM’s Le Corsaire over the years, this clip pays tribute to the Ballerina’s Prince who set the bar high for all Conrads that came after him.
Of all the classics in Ballet Manila’s repertoire, it’s Le Corsaire that Romeo Peralta Jr. knows quite well – from the most minor of characters to the lead roles.
In this video clip, Ballet Manila principal dancer Shaira Comeros, soloist Rissa May Camaclang and company artist Eva Chatal are seen rehearsing the Odalisque Variations of Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Le Corsaire.
In Jasmine Pia Dames’ case, from being the supporting female character, Gulnara, in 2018, she will be portraying Medora, the lady love of Conrad in Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s choreography of the pirate ballet.
Ballerinas Aileen Gallerina, Pamela Asprer, Melanie Motus and Sandralynn Huang share their thoughts from that groundbreaking Le Corsaire production. Added to the mix is a recent recollection from Eileen Lopez, a BM pioneer who is now the company’s co-artistic associate.
As Ballet Manila prepares for a new staging of Le Corsaire — a version choreographed by artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde — on February 24 and 25 at the Aliw Theater, we look back at the company’s first and latest performances of this beloved pirate adventure.
When Ballet Manila staged its first-ever Le Corsaire in 1998, it did so on a grand scale.
As the company prepares for a new staging choreographed by artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, BM takes a moment to look back and appreciate its unique history with a pirate story.
It will indeed be a hectic year for Ballet Manila as revealed in a media conference by artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde, noting that the full slate of performances is a tribute to her late beloved dance partner, co-artistic director and friend Osias Barroso Jr. who passed away last December 16.
A damsel in distress who gets kidnapped twice is often the first thought when the ballet Le Corsaire is mentioned. The swashbuckling adventure of pirates and slaves, however, is rumored to have royal roots.
Le Corsaire has a special place in the history of Ballet Manila. The company was the first to perform the full-length Russian classic in Southeast Asia in 1998.
Though it is said to have a ridiculous plot and hopelessly flawed heroines, Le Corsaire is still considered a gem in the classical dance repertoire.
