Published on Jan 17, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: February 9-13, 2016

Venue: Opera House of NCPA

Prices: 180, 240, 300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000

Features: Caracalla is an internationally-acclaimed dance company and has built their own bridge between East and West. From February 9th-13rd, Caracalla will bring the classic work One Thousand and One Nights to the stage of NCPA in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

About
According to Ivan Caracalla, head of dance theater, "One Thousand and One Nights" is based on the adaptation of the classic dance. Among them, not only Arabia folk dance, but also a lot of other styles of dance, such as ballet, modern dance, etc.. Some songs also include bel canto, folk and popular singing style. This is a mysterious and dramatic romantic dance that captures the night in Arabia. Lively choreography with priceless luxury clothing, music, although to Rimsky, Kosar cuff of symphonic poem "Arabian Nights" and Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" Melody based, but with the Arab national musical instrument playing, and joined the Arab folk music elements. This is not a simple European classical ballet, Arab folk dance and modern dance, but the three fusion Caracalla style dance. Layer upon layer of clothing folds, the graceful winding silk weaving a blazing red, deep blue, pretty and coquettish yellow, charm of purple, a string of exceedingly fascinating and charming, charming dance clusters out a picture of gradually clear Arab picture.

Caracalla Dance Theatre
Caracalla is an internationally-acclaimed dance company and has built their own bridge between East and West. Caracalla's own story is equally amazing; training against the hostage situation of the 1980s, thriving despite the turmoil of the Lebanese War, where all conflicting political factions found a common unity and came together in agreement that Caracalla is the cultural image of Lebanon and the Arab world. Caracalla is now working with companies and performers from across the world to take their place as the leading dance company in the Middle East and recognized on the international stage.

The company's founder, Abdel-Halim Caracalla, is a legendary figure. Caracalla founded the company in 1970. He envisioned creating a new language in dance that merged Western and Oriental techniques, having studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance, specializing in the style of Martha Graham, in the 1960s. With over 14 productions since 1968, he has taken his company to perform in major cities and theatres around the world including Paris, London’s Sadler's Wells and at Washington DC's Kennedy Centre, as well his successful tour of Two Thousand and One Nights. Caracalla continues to be the artistic director of the company and is supported by his equally creative children: Alissar who is the company's choreographer and Ivan who is a director.

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