David Coleman - Le Corsaire - BLU-RAY

A bold reinvention of a 19th-century classic. Kader Belarbi's fresh scenario and choreography give this colourful yet ultimately tragic story renewed clarity and simplicity. David Coleman conducts a score based on Adolphe Adam's original work, but enhanced with music by composers from Massenet to Sibelius, as well as new compositions and orchestrations by Coleman himself. This is a version for the modern age....'simply magnificent A miracle in two acts.' - Le Figaro.

This funny and touching story centers on Kate, a forty-year-old respectable and successful headmistress in a small English village who gets together with her single friends, Molly, a doctor, and Janie, a local police detective, every Monday to drink, eat chocolate and decide who is the Saddest of the Week. Things start to turn displeasing between the three friends when Kate begins an affair with Jed, a sexy 25-year old ex-pupil, and is

This stunning is a tribute to the art of David Hallberg, the first main American soloist ever to be hired by the Bolshoi Ballet. It features InchThe Sleeping Beauty,Inch wherein the choreographer Yuri Grigorovich presents a new version of one of his most famous choreography for a breathtaking new experience in splendid sets designed by Ezio Frigerio and more than 400 new costumes designed by Franca Squarciapino. David Hallberg performs alongside principal ballerina Svetlana Zakharova. Also included is InchMarco Spada.Inch Recreated specifically for the Bolshoi by French choreographer Pierre Lacotte, InchMarco SpadaInch is a grandiose and unique ballet both on a technical and dramatic level complex choreography, five lead roles created for five principals, several changes in scenery, the participation of nearly all the Corps de ballet, and even the presence of animals on stage... With it's scenes of pantomime, devilish intrigue, rejected suitors, kidnapping heroines, rebellion, and lovers misunderstandings, Marco Spada is a fresh and joful ballet to discover