Le Corsaire - Solo Farouk Ruzimatov (1988)

Ali (Slave) Entrée and Variation from Le Corsaire Act 2. For me Ruzimatov is the perfect Ali as I think it’s the role that most suited his uniqueness of line. The jetés... you can draw a perfect arch. He shows no sign of fatigue at any point and everything sparkling clean. Farouk Ruzimatov (born January 26, 1963 in Uzbekistan) was formerly the Principal Dancer and Assistant Artistic Director of The Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Le Corsaire - Solo Farouk Ruzimatov (1991): ------------------------------------- Le Corsaire is a ballet in three acts, loosely based on Lord Byron’s poem The Corsair with its eunuchs, Turks, dervishes, odalisques and general atmosphere of bead-curtains and Ali Baba... a multi-composer pastiche, first presented by the ballet of the Théâtre Impérial de l´Opéra in Paris on 23 January 1856. The ballet has a celebrated solo which is oft