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Alissar Abdel-Halim Caracalla is a Lebanese dance instructor, choreographer and art director. She is the founder and director of the Orientalist Dance Company and CDS, the Caracalla School of Dance, which is simply known as "Studio Caracalla: L'art de la Danse."[2][3] Caracalla is the daughter of Abdel-Halim Caracalla the founder of the Caracalla Dance Theatre.
Alissar Caracalla أليسار كركلا | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alissar Abdel-Halim Caracalla February 26, 1974[1] |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Years active | 1990s-Present |
| Spouse |
Nael Chehab (m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Abdel-Halim Caracalla |
Biography
editCaracalla was born 1974 on February 26 in Lebanon.[citation needed] Her father, Abdel-Halim Caracalla a Shiite Muslim from Baalbek, married her mother, a Christian from Zahle, in a church. She spent the duration of the Lebanese Civil War growing up in London. [citation needed]
At the age of 18, she moved to the United States.[4]
Education
editShe received her BA in International Communications and Choreography from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and her master's degree in Fine Arts in Dance Theory and Choreography at UCLA.[citation needed]
Career
editIn 2005, she choreographed the dance sequels in Philippe Aractingi's feature film, Bosta.[5]
In 2011, she joined forces with Kunhadi to raise road safety awareness in Lebanon and became one of their four ambassadors for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 in Lebanon. Additionally, she was the dance instructor and choreographer in the reality TV show Star Academy Lebanon.[citation needed]
Personal life
editShe lived in Los Angeles for several years. Currently, she lives in London and Beirut.[citation needed]
Caracalla is married to Nael Chehab an aerospace engineer and founder of the business PrivaSky.[6] They had their wedding in Cyprus in 2012.[7] She gave birth to their first child in 2017.[8] In addition to Lebanese Arabic, she is a fluent speaker of French and English.[9]
Notes
edit- ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151305783500464&set=a.314118370463.335184.207860710463&type=1 [user-generated source]
- ^ "Bosta | About Music and Choreography". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
- ^ "Dance around Beirut 2004". Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
- ^ http://homeforlebanon.com/2016-04-07-14-47-47/item/549-alissar-caracalla-life-is-theater-theater-is-life [dead link]
- ^ Alissar Caracalla at Hollywood.com
- ^ "Business private charters". 8 March 2016.
- ^ http://namendb.com/alissar-caracalla[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Seulement Pour VIP".
- ^ "Alissar Caracalla | Who is She in Lebanon".