Maine State Ballet Premieres Spectacular Le Corsaire in Maine March 28-April 12

Falmouth, Maine – Pirates, dancing, and sword fighting, all presented with a comic flair. Maine State Ballet’s premiere of the popular Le Corsaire will bring this spectacular production to Maine with weekend performances beginning Saturday, March 28 and ending Sunday, April 12 at the Maine State Ballet Theater in Falmouth.

Maine State Ballet’s new production Le Corsaire, (the Pirate), is a treasure trove of virtuoso dancing and swashbuckling comedy about Conrad, a dashing pirate, and his love for Medora, a beautiful harem girl. Staged by artistic director, Linda MacArthur Miele, this exotic tale journeys through a tapestry of captive maidens, rich sultans, sword fights and rescues. The production boasts $30,000 worth of new sets and costumes by designer Gail Csoboth and a cast of 90 performers. The pirate tale perfectly showcases the bravura dancing from Maine State Ballet’s roster of company dancers.

This is the first full three-act ballet Maine State Ballet has premiered since Swan Lake in 2006.

The performances take place:

Saturday, March 28th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, March 29th at 2:00pm
Friday, April 3rd at 7:00
Saturday, April 4th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Friday, April 10th at 7:00pm
Saturday, April 11th at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Sunday, April 12th at 2:00pm

Tickets are on sale online at www.mainestateballet.org or through calling the theater at 207-781-3587. Tickets are priced $19-25, and discounts are available for seniors and children. There is a $5 processing fee for phone and box office orders, but no fee for online purchases. For more information, visit www.mainestateballet.org.

 

Maine State Ballet, based in Falmouth, Maine, is one of New England’s leading performing arts institutions and named Maine’s Best Dance Group by Downeast Magazine. Its two components are the School for the Performing Arts, offering instruction in ballet, tap, jazz and other dance styles to more than 500 children and adults; and the Maine State Ballet Company, comprised of more than 25 professional dancers. Maine State Ballet is a nonprofit organization.