Dalal Achcar

Dalal Achcar
Born	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	Ballet master choreographer Artistic director Theatrical producer

Dalal Achcar is a Brazilian ballet master, choreographer,artistic director and producer.

Achcar was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lebanese parents.

In the 1960s Achcar was the head of the Rio de Janeiro Ballet Association,She presented 90 shows in the main European capitals using music by Villa-Lobos and Cláudio Santoro, and contributions from Manuel Bandeira, Vinícius de Moraes, Di Cavalcanti and Burle Marx.

In 1962 Achcar founded, with Maria Augusta Morgenroth, the Ballet School of the Castro Alves Theater in Salvador. In 1968 this school developed into the Brazilian Ballet of Bahia, of which she became artistic director. She introduced the Royal Academy of Dance method in dance teaching throughout the country, guiding schools and academies.

In 1967, Achcar arranged popular performances of well known ballet dancers Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev at the Maracanãzinho gymnasium to popularize ballet in Brazil.

In 1971 Achcar, with Maria Luisa Noronha, opened the Centro de Arte e Cultura Ballet Dalal Achcar, a school delivering ballet instruction to children and professionals, offering guidance with technical and artistic training for instructors, and maintaining an assistance program in the area of dance for needy children and teenagers in risky areas.

Achcar created the first higher dance professors training course in Brazil, at the Faculdade da Cidade (to-day UniverCidade) in Rio de Janeiro.

In the 1980s Achcar produced Brazilian classics, creating Floresta Amazônica (Amazon Forest) on Villa-Lobos music and featuring Gabriela, with author Jorge Amado, Caribé, Edu Lobo and choreographer Gilberto Motta.

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