Last night I watched the American Ballet Theatre production of Le Corsaire, which was based on Byron's epic poem, The Corsair. I found it rather silly, and so did the production team, but the dancing was wonderful. I think ABT regarded it as a swash-buckling romp, and Ethan Stiefel looked like he was having a fantastic time storming harems, fighting villains, and surviving a shipwreck to rescue the woman he loves.