Dance in America. American Ballet Theatre in Le corsaire [electronic resource] / Thirteen/WNET and Reiner Moritz Associates ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa, staged by Anna-Marie Holmes ; music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Prince Oldenbourg.
Ballet in three acts, based on the poem by Lord Byron. Prior to each act, the principal dancers and others summarize the complicated plot.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance in America.
Uniform title
Corsair (Choreographic work : Sergeev, K after Petipa, M)
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Alternative title
American Ballet Theatre in Le corsaire
Corsaire
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Dance.
Video.
Call number
*MGZIDF 6058
Note
Letterbox format.
Includes commercial for Chase Manhattan Bank.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Libretto, Jules-Henri de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier in a version by Konstantin Sergeyev, based on The corsair (1814) by Lord Byron; scenery and costumes, Irina Konstantinovna Tibilova, courtesy of the Boston Ballet; additional costumes, Robert Perdziola; stage lighting, Mary Jo Dondlinger; [video] lighting direction, Alan Adelman; editing, Girish Bhargava; special material written by Wendy Wasserstein; executive producer, Jac Venza.
Performer (note)
Julie Kent (Medora) ; Ethan Stiefel (Conrad) ; Angel Corella (Conrad's slave) ; Joaquin de Luz (Birbanto) ; Paloma Herrera (Gulnare) ; Vladimir Malakhov (Lankendem) ; Christine Dunham (lead pirate woman) ; Michael Owen (pasha) ; Oksana Konobeyeva, Sandra Brown, Gillian Murphy (odalisques) ; Carlos Molina (pasha's assistant) ; and others.
Event (note)
Recorded in performance at Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, Calif., on Oct. 27, 1999. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on Great Performances' Dance in America series on Dec. 20, 1999.
Funding (note)
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System details (note)
Streaming file.
Title
Dance in America. American Ballet Theatre in Le corsaire [electronic resource] / Thirteen/WNET and Reiner Moritz Associates ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa, staged by Anna-Marie Holmes ; music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Léo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Prince Oldenbourg.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c1999.
Country of producing entity
United States.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Libretto, Jules-Henri de Saint-Georges and Joseph Mazilier in a version by Konstantin Sergeyev, based on The corsair (1814) by Lord Byron; scenery and costumes, Irina Konstantinovna Tibilova, courtesy of the Boston Ballet; additional costumes, Robert Perdziola; stage lighting, Mary Jo Dondlinger; [video] lighting direction, Alan Adelman; editing, Girish Bhargava; special material written by Wendy Wasserstein; executive producer, Jac Venza.
Performer
Danced by American Ballet Theatre.
Cast
Julie Kent (Medora) ; Ethan Stiefel (Conrad) ; Angel Corella (Conrad's slave) ; Joaquin de Luz (Birbanto) ; Paloma Herrera (Gulnare) ; Vladimir Malakhov (Lankendem) ; Christine Dunham (lead pirate woman) ; Michael Owen (pasha) ; Oksana Konobeyeva, Sandra Brown, Gillian Murphy (odalisques) ; Carlos Molina (pasha's assistant) ; and others.
Performer
Music played by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ermanno Florio.
[Host]: Kevin McKenzie, artistic director, American Ballet Theatre.
[Plot synopsis]: Ethan Stiefel, Julie Kent, Joaquin de Luz, Vladimir Malakhov, Paloma Herrera, Angel Corella, with Sascha Radetsky, Bruce A.H. Horowitz, David Richardson. Shorter commentaries by: Jonathon Fagan, Rebecca Massey, Georgina Parkinson, David Lansky, Larry Holder, Ermanno Florio.
Event
Recorded in performance at Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, Calif., on Oct. 27, 1999. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on Great Performances' Dance in America series on Dec. 20, 1999.
Funding
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.