Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre is renowned for its innovative and spellbinding ballet productions. Catch some of the most celebrated productions of the 2017/2018 season screened live in HD at Rosebank's Cinema Nouveau.

First performed in 1856, Le Corsaire is inspired by English poet Lord Byron’s epic poem The Corsair and tells the tale of a pirate who falls in love with a young Greek woman who saves his life following his shipwreck. After she is kidnapped and taken to the slave market, destined to be married to the Pasha, he kidnaps her and takes her on an epic journey across the world.

A three-act ballet, Le Corsaire is a showcase of some of ballet’s most graceful and glamorous dance moves. A swashbuckling, romantic tale of pirates, slaves and oriental intrigue, the ballet was choreographed by 19th century ballet master Joseph Mazilier and is typical of the exotic and ambitious ballets created during the Tsarist era.

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