Caracalla Dance Theatre

The Caracalla Dance Theatre is an internationally renowned dance company based in Beirut, Lebanon.^[1]

[edit] History

Abdel-Halim Caracalla founded the Caracalla Dance Theatre in 1970. He envisioned creating a new language in dance that merged Western and Oriental techniques. Abdel-Halim Caracalla was born in Baalbeck, a city known for its annual international cultural event, the Baalbeck International Festival. Caracalla studied in New York with Martha Graham in the 1960s. He continues to be the artistic director of the dance company and closely cooperates with his children, Alissar who is a choreographer and Ivan who is a director.^[2]

[edit] Performances

The company's international debut was at the Festival of Osaka in Japan in 1972.^[3] Since then, the company has traveled extensively all over the world, and in particular in North America and Europe.^[1]

• Mystery of the Bizarre (1974)- World Tour
• The Black Tents (1978)- World Tour
• Shot of Glory (1980)- World Tour
• Taming of the Shrew (1982)- World Tour
• Echoes (1985)- World Tour
• Midsummer Nights Dream (1990) - Lebanon
• Elissa, Queen of Carthage (1996) - Beit Mery, Lebanon
• Andalusia, the Lost Glory (1997)- Baalbeck International Festival, Lebanon
• Much Ado About Nothing (1999)- Baalbeck International Festival, Lebanon
• Andalusia, the Lost Glory (1999)- Peacock Theatre, London, U.K.
• Two Thousand and One Nights (2001)- Baalbeck International Festival, Lebanon
• Two Thousand and One Nights (2003)- BIEL, Beirut, Lebanon
• Two Thousand and One Nights (2003)- Peacock Theatre, London, U.K.
• The Villager’s Opera! (2006)- Baalbeck International Festival, Lebanon
• Knights of the Moon (2007-2008)-Forum de Beyrouth, Casino du Liban

[edit] Press

• Daily Telegraph
  

"All credit to Abdel-Halim Caracalla for devising and producing such entertaining, exotic and exciting dance-drama..."

• Evening Standard
  

"A contemporary dance form that blends the great of the Orient with the earthiness of Western modern dance..."

[edit] External links

• Official Website

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Caracalla Dance Theatre - The Oxford Dictionary of Dance - HighBeam Research
2. ^ http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:yod2TALqrqAJ:www.sadlerswells.com/downloads/press/caracalla.doc+Abdel+Halim+Caracalla&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us
3. ^ Caracalla