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COWBOYS:
LE CORSA
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CORSAIRE &
WESTERN ESTERN
SYMPHONY
SAT
• MAY 11,1
2019 • 2:00 & 7:00PM
SUN • MAY 12, 2019 • 2:00PM
FERGUSON HALL
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The high seas and Wild West meet in NGB Artistic Director
Philip Neal’s daring new production, a partial staging of Petipa’s
Le Corsaire paired with Balanchine’s Western Symphony.
Constructed as a suite of dances highlighting the exotic,
high-stakes plot and gorgeous music, Le Corsaire (The Pirate)
features brilliant dancing and a Gasparilla-worthy pirate crew.
Western Symphony outfi ts NGB’s exuberant dancers as
cowboys and dance-hall girls in this landmark Balanchine “old
west” ballet. Songs include “Red River Valley,” “Good Night
Ladies” and “Rye Whiskey.”