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Le Corsaire [DVD] [2000]
 
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Le Corsaire [DVD] [2000]

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  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: German, English, Italian, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Wmv
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Aug 2000
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004UF03
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 47,912 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Special Features

4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

From the Back Cover

Magnificent scenic efforts and dramatic choreography have ensured the popularity of Petipa's exotic ballet Le Corsiare

Music by Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Prince Oldenbourg
Original Choreography - Marius Petipa
Produced by - Pyotr Gusev and Oleg Vinogradov
Design - Teimouraz Mourvanidze
Conrad - Yevgeny Neff
Medora - Altynai Asylmuratova
Gulnara - Yelena Pankova
Lankedem - Konstantin Zaklinsky
Ali - Faroukh Ruzimatov
Accompanied by the Kirov Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Victor Fedotov
Dircected by Colin Nears

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
I have seen no less than three Corsaire's now in different productions and this is easily the best. The dancing is absolutely superb, the costuming and sets are beautiful and the whole production is a joy.

The casting is:- Conrad - Yevgeny Neff, Medora - Altynai Asylmuratova, Gulnara - Yelena Pankova, Lankedem - Konstantin Zaklinsky, Ali - Faroukh Ruzimatov.

Although Pankova is my favourite of the Kirov's dancers and she is beautiful as Gulnara, I loved Asylmuratova in this performance and the whole company's performance sparkled throughout. The production is exciting and never flags for a second, and you're on the edge of your seat the whole time waiting for the next piece of fantastic dancing, to the point that you want to watch it all over again when it's finished. The section entitled Le Jardin Anime is particularly lovely and the Pas de Trois which was made famous as a Pas de Deux by Fonteyne and Nureyev is also wonderful.

Buy this. I can't recommend it too highly.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
There are no words to discribe this performance. All the artists are perfect and although I have seen that DVD so many times I love to see it again and again. And everytime it looks to me more beautiful.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Le Corsaire 17 Mar 2005
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Although a bit old -- 1989 -- this is a beautiful work. The plot is ridiculous and very chauvinistic but the dancing is marvellous. Ali is a flyer as are Lankedem and Birbanto. Conrad has a very stilted role to play. But the ladies!! Gulnara seems to dance on air. Medora -- Altynai Asylmuratova -- is the supreme ballerina. She dances with her whole body -- feet, legs, torso, arms, face, wrists and fingertips and she seems to love dancing. And she is beautiful. Where necessary she is unsmiling but at other times her perormance is ravishingly beautiful. The pas de deux in the Corsairs' Cave when all others seem to have gone is of supreme beauty -- a young girl utterly in love.
Buy it -- you will never see her like again.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Sublime ballet
Le Corsaire [DVD] [2000]
Just buy it. All the other reviewers have taken the words out of my mouth!
Published 4 months ago by Margaret
Antiquated, but really great
Had I written this review 10 years ago, I would have given it the full five stars. The masters of this DVD could have actually re-processed it a bit to make it a little clearer. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Satish Kamath
Fabulous performance marred by poor video quality
My 3* rating is placed with some trepidation when viewed alongside 9 unanimous 5* reviews! Please don't get me wrong the artistry of the performers is 5* plus. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Nigel Mc
Kirov Klassic
What can I add to what has already been written -very little actually-Here I was ready to write a glowing report but everythings already been written,so all I can add is that this... Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2009 by Roger Smith
In the top 3 or 4 ballets ever on DVD.
Almost flawless throughout with sublime dancing all the way, with surely the worlds best dance troupe at the time. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2008 by E. Coolican
Compare with current live productions
I thought this was wonderful but when I saw Svetlana Zakharova dance Corsaire at the ENO / Bolshoi on 30/07/07 her performance became the most beautiful experience of my whole... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2007 by Arthur Wyatt
Ballet Heaven
This is a Live Performance (very important) filmed in the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Read more
Published on 13 April 2007 by Ms. Lesley Stansfield
A sheer joy to watch
Based loosely on a poem by Byron about the struggle between the Greeks and the Ottoman Turks, this less well-known masterpiece by Petipa is a sheer joy from start to finish. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2006 by KazM
Great performance and dancing
Le Corsair is a ballet created from music by different composers, and frankly the plot is just an excuse for some really stunning dancing. Read more
Published on 14 April 2006 by pointone
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