Columbia Classical Ballet: Le Corsaire Suite at the Koger Center for the Arts

Columbia Classical Ballet
Brooklyn Mack • Artistic Director

Le Corsaire Suite” is a rollicking tale of sultans, princesses, maidens and pirates based on the poem The Corsair by Lord Byron. It was first presented by the Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, France in 1856.  The ballet has many celebrated passages which are among classical ballet’s most iconic and often performed pieces.