BALLET LE CORSAIRE, GIFT FOR THE BALLETOMANE POSTCARD

BALLET PLAY LE CORSAIRE. THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS TYPICAL POSES OF THE BALLET LE CORSAIRE.DRAWING OF MEDORA, CONRAD AND ALI (THE SLAVE) BY MARCELA. ALI IS IN THE DEVOTION POSE, SHOWING HIS RESPECT AND DEDICATION TO HIS OWNER. (I KNOW THE IDEA OF SLAVERY IS TERRIBLE, BUT THIS IS THE SCRIPT AND CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY WHICH TAKES PLACE IN HISTORY, A LONG TIME AGO WHEN SLAVERY EXISTED. AND IN FACT, IT IS THE SLAVE DANCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CHOREOGRAPHIES FOR MALE DANCERS, A PRIVILEGE AND CHALLENGE TO DANCE. IN THIS PARTICULAR ILLUSTRATION, THE SLAVE JUST RESCUED MEDORA. THEN MEDORA AND CONRAD DANCE IN CELEBRATION. CONRAD HOLDS THE PIRATES FLAG WHICH FEATURES A SKULL AND CROSSED BONES.