Caracalla Dance Theatre: Knights of the Moon

Lebanon's Caracalla Dance Theatre performs Knights of the Moon, a theatrical extravaganza of jealousy, hidden identities, and love staged by an acclaimed creative team with an original musical score and innovative choreography.

• Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2009
• Opera House
• 2 hrs.
• $18.00 - $100.00

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About the Program

Founded in 1968 by Abdel-Halim Caracalla, the artistic director who is credited with "devising and producing…entertaining, exotic, and exciting dance-drama" (Daily Telegraph), Lebanon's Caracalla Dance Theatre is the first and most prominent theater in the Middle East. Their unique language in dance draws on western-style technique fused with Arab traditions. Caracalla performs Knights of the Moon, a theatrical extravaganza out of an epic story staged by an internationally acclaimed creative team with an original musical score and innovative choreography. The production, a tale of jealousy, hidden identities, and love, "blends the great of the Orient with the earthiness of Western modern dance" (Evening Standard). Songs will be performed in Arabic with English surtitles.
Performance timing: 1 hour, 57 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission

Part of ARABESQUE: Arts of the Arab World

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PRESENTING UNDERWRITER
HRH Foundation

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
A. Huda and Samia Farouki
The State of Kuwait
The State of Qatar
The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C.


Additional support is provided by the Ministry of Culture and Information, Kingdom of Bahrain; the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center; The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development; the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Alice and David Rubenstein; Saudi Aramco; the Ford Foundation; Elizabeth and Michael Kojaian; Elaine and Steve Wynn; Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley and Mr. Smith Bagley; The Laura Pels Foundation; and the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.

Presented in cooperation with the League of Arab States.



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Additional Resources

Read an interview with choreographer Elissar Caracalla

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