Alissar Caracalla
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February 26, 1974[1]
Alissar Caracalla أليسار كركلا | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alissar Abdel-Halim Caracalla February 26, 1974[1] |
| Years active | 1990s-Present |
| Spouse |
Nael Chehab (m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | Abdel-Halim Caracalla |
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.
Education
Caracalla 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]
She 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]