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Baalbeck Festival
Since the early twenties, the site of Baalbeck has always been part of artistic and dramatic expression; however, it was not until 1956 that the first installment of the Baalbeck Festival was held. Improving each year, the festival has seen the talents of many national and international stars and legends including Rudolf Noureiev, Ella Fitzgerald and Oum Koulsoum to name but a few.
In 1974, Abdel-Halim Caracalla introduced his dance theatre company to Baalbeck, with the ballet, Mystery of the Bizarre, and has continued to have a close bond with the festival ever since.
The Caracalla Dance Theatre was appointed to re-open the 1997 Baalbeck International Festival with the premiere of Andalusia, The Lost Glory. This ballet re-lit the flame of the festival, reaffirming it as a major platform for exposure of art and talent globally.
In 1999, the Caracalla Dance Theatre graced the stage of Baalbeck once again with the Oriental adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Imara Min Ha Zaman. With the breathtaking ambience of the temple and the fluid movements of the dancers, the Caracalla Dance Theatre gave a performance that truly embodied that which Baalbeck stands for: beauty and art entwined.
Finally, in 2001, Baalbeck was turned into a magical wonderland by Caracalla's production of Two Thousand and One Nights, the dance interpretation of the much-loved Arabian Nights. |
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