SAILING THE SILK ROAD - 2016
S Y N O P S I S
Sailing the Silk Road is a spectacular dance musical drama which premiered at the majestic Roman temples celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Baalbeck International Festival. It is a fantastic tale of legends, gods and heroes, of adventurers, navigators and emperors.
Jupiter, God of Gods, releases two eagles, one to the East and the other to the West and commanded them to fly towards each other; when they met in the middle of the earth, fire erupted and thunder clapped, and that was the place of the Divine, where the Titans built their home, in the “City of the Sun”.
It is a journey of hope, a tale of faith and destiny, a reminder of the powers of the human spirit, where one glorious humanity comes together in one world.
Highlights of Caracalla Dance Theatre's performances of Sailing the Silk Road at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing Opera House) on 15, 16 and 17 March 2018.
CHINA DAILY
Dancing across the Silk Road
The Caracalla Dance theatre, a prominent professional dance troupe from the Arab world, is ready to delight Beijing with their latest dance production, Sailing the Silk Road, which runs March 15 to 17 at the National Center for the Performing Arts.
THE WEEK - PORTFOLIO
Lebanon comes to Oman: Caracalla brings new show to Muscat
As the Royal Opera House Muscat launches its 2017-18 programme, Abdel Halim Caracalla’s iconic dance company closes this season in style.
THE NATIONAL
Sailing Through Time: a musical celebration of Arab journeys on the Silk Road
Sailing Through Time was created for the 60th edition of the Baalbeck International Festival in 2016, with the premiere staged at the Bacchus Temple. It took the dance company, which has performed in prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Frankfurt Opera House, more than a year to bring together 120 dancers, actors, singers and technical staff from Lebanon, China and India to narrate the tale, which spans the globe.