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Dalal Achcar | |
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| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation(s) | Ballet master choreographer Artistic director Theatrical producer |
Dalal Achcar is a Brazilian ballet master, choreographer, [1] artistic director and producer.
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Dalal Achcar | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation(s) | Ballet master choreographer Artistic director Theatrical producer |
Dalal Achcar is a Brazilian ballet master, choreographer, [1] artistic director and producer.
Achcar was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lebanese parents.
Dancer, Director, Choreographer, Metteur en Scène, Producer
Her career is entirely dedicated to the development and dissemination of the art of dance in Brazil.
Ahead of the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, the Ballet Dalal Achcar school and her Companhia de Ballet Dalal Achcar, she stands out for her numerous achievements in this sector.
Her technical knowledge and artistic influence came from Mme Maria Makarova, teacher and maîtresse de ballet.
1960
Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Foundation of the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, a non-profit organisation to promote Ballet and Dance, offering opportunities to young dancers.
Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Creation of the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro company and its first performance at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro features the first ballet dancers of the London Festival Ballet: Daphne Dale and Nicholas Polajenko.
1961
Together with a group of Brazil's greatest artistic and cultural exponents she prepares a repertoire for the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro featuring Brazilian themes: Concerto Brasileiro, O Garatuja, Morte de um Pássaro e Zuimaaluti with:
Performances in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Salvador (BA), Curitiba (PR), Petrópolis (RJ) and Belo Horizonte (MG).
Royal Academy of Dance Gala
Ballet do Rio de Janeiro is Invited to perform at the Royal Academy of Dance Gala, in London at the Drury Lane Theatre, with the presence of the Royal Family and guests. On the program, Zuimaaluti was conducted by Cláudio Santoro
Queen’s Matinée Gala Children’s Fund / Royal Opera House
After the Royal Academy of Dance Gala, the company is invited to participate in the Queen’s Matinée Gala Children’s Fund at the Royal Opera House, with Queen Elizabeth II as patron and the British Royal Family in attendance. On the program, O Garatuja was conducted by Henrique Morelenbaum.
International Tour
Given the success and repercussions in the press, an International Tour is performed with 90 presentations in Italy (Rome, Florence), United Kingdom (Newcastle-on-Tyne, Glasgow, Liverpool), Spain (Madrid, Badajoz) and Portugal (Lisbon, Coimbra, Porto).
1962
Tour in Northeast Brazil
Free presentations for the general public, cultural entities and students.
Escola de Ballet do Teatro Castro Alves (EBATECA)
Founded together with Maria Augusta Morgenroth, from the Teatro Castro Alves Ballet School (EBATECA), in Salvador, occupying the position of Artistic Director for the first time.
Offers teachers and technical and artistic assistance, enabling in the future the creation of the Ballet Brasileiro da Bahia, the first high-level professional company in the State of Bahia.
1963
Specialisation Course for Teachers – Royal Academy of Dance
Brings the Specialisation Course for ballet teachers, higher level, with the method of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, an internationally recognised entity.
Offers scholarships for technical improvement to teachers from several states in Brazil, taught by Professor Valerie Taylor.
2nd Meeting of Dance Schools in Brazil
Participates in the meeting at the University of Brasilia.
1967
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev
Brings Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev to Brazil to perform with the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Fonteyn and Nureyev were at the height of their fame and their presence in Brazil was instrumental in increasing the prestige of ballet in the country.
Popular performance at Maracanãzinho with the participation of a corps de ballet made up of 90 figures, of which 24 scholarships from the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro.
It is the first time in the world that a classical ballet performance is presented in a stadium.
1968
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Invited to be Director of the corps de ballet of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Produces Os Inconfidentes by Cecília Meirelles with music by Chico Buarque and direction by Flávio Rangel. With the participation of Chico Buarque, Nara Leão, Dina Sfat, Paulo José and Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro's choir and orchestra.
Brings the English choreographer Norman Thompson to stage Cinderella for the corps de ballet.
Ballet Brasileiro da Bahia
Six years after the founding of EBATECA, the Ballet Brasileiro da Bahia was created.
Dalal becomes resident choreographer and artistic director. In the repertoire, music and dance from Brazil: Today... Tomorrow... Yesterday..., Concerto and Festa Nordestina.
Ballet Dance for Indira
At the request of Itamaraty (The Ministry of Foreign Affairs), she created a ballet in honor of the visit of Mrs. Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, to Brazil. The show was presented at the Palácio dos Arcos, in Brasília, with the Ballet Brasileiro da Bahia.
1969
Ballet in Education
Launch of the Ballet in Education program of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, establishing a special and unprecedented agreement in the country, with ballet schools throughout Brazil for teacher refresher courses, within the most expressive world methods.
Invited by Marcia Haydée to the choreography competition in Stuttgart, she creates Pas de Trois, which is classified in 2nd place.
1970
Sponsorship the visit to Brazil of professors from the Royal Academy of Dance.
Subsidises the arrival of professionals from the Royal Academy of Dance to carry out teacher training courses. Classes are taught throughout Brazil and aim to implement a teaching methodology in line with international standards. This initiative is extremely relevant in the training and improvement of teachers and schools that start to follow a teaching method that is a world reference.
1971
Foundation of the Centro de Arte e Cultura Ballet Dalal Achcar
With Maria Luisa Noronha, she founded the Centro de Arte e Cultura Ballet Dalal Achcar, a school that teaches ballet to children and professionals. Offers guidance and technical and artistic training to teachers and a social inclusion program through scholarships.
Gala
Gala at Teatro do Hotel Nacional with ballet dancers Ana Botafogo and Fernando Bujones.
Specialisation Course for Teachers with the methodology of the Royal Academy
Promotion of the Royal Academy Teacher Training Course, with a significant increase in ballet schools throughout Brazil.
1972
Jornal Dança
Creation of Jornal Dança, the first newspaper dedicated to dance in Brazil in partnership with Márcia Kubitschek.
A newspaper for promoting dance education in Brazil, distributed free of charge to 6,000 establishments in universities, music conservatories, theater schools, government and state agencies and private cultural entities throughout the country.
The Jornal Dança is in the Washington Library archive in the United States.
Shows in public squares
Presents, with Ballet do Rio de Janeiro and students from Ballet Dalal Achcar, a series of shows in public squares, starting a new approach to artistic shows for the general public.
1973
Royal Ballet of London
Promotes, in partnership with Dante Viggiani and Marcia Kubitschek for the first time in Brazil, a visit of the Royal Ballet of London - at the time the most internationally renowned company - with the participation of Margot Fonteyn offering Brazilian dancers a reference of international excellence.
It was considered the most important artistic event in the country. Over six weeks, the company performed in Rio, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Brasília, where it inaugurated the Medici Stadium. Almost 100,000 people attended the shows.
1974
Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Considered of Federal Public Utility by Decree 73,481 of January 16, 1974.
Technical courses
With the reform of high school education, Dalal proposes and approves the recognition of the profession through the first professional training course for the training of the following professionals: Assistant Professor of Dances, Assistant Professor of Brazilian traditional Folk Dances, Choreographic Recreation for Children and Adolescents, Technician in Psychomotor Recovery and Therapy through Dance.
Ballet Dalal Achcar was the first school authorized to adopt the course.
Through the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, Dalal grants 104 scholarships for teaching dance, a curriculum encompassing everything from classical ballet to jazz dance.
Ópera de Paris Ballet
Promotes a great season for the Ópera de Paris Ballet, which, similar to that of the Royal Ballet, achieved absolute success. The season brought to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo complete ballets never seen in Brazil such as Notre Dame de Paris and The Rite of Spring. It was the first international tour with the full company.
Creation and production of her choreography for The Nutcracker
Creates and produces her conception and choreography for The Nutcracker, by Tchaikowsky.
Performed at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro by the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro with musical direction by Henrique Morelembaum and participation of great first dancers of international ballet: Doreen Wells and Georgina Parkinson (Royal Ballet of London), Cyril Atanassoff (Ópera de Paris Ballet), and Alphonse Poulin (Boston Ballet), in addition to the corps de ballet of Brazilian dancers. The success of the presentations made the show an annual program, and later this montage was recognised worldwide as one of the best ever made of this ballet.
1975
Order of the British Empire – O.B.E. (Honorary Officer)
Dalal was named an Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II
1st Winter Festival of Dance
Promotes the 1st Winter Festival of Dance which had among other creations, the first version of A Floresta Amazônica by Villa-Lobos, especially created for Margot Fonteyn and performed in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Curitiba, Salvador, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Manaus. It brought together stars of different nationalities and offered opportunities for new choreographic creations to be presented to the public.
She is invited to mount her pas de deux for the ballet Com Amor, created on the occasion of the 1st Winter Festival of Dance, for Anne Marie de Angelo at the Joffrey Ballet in N.Y.
1976
Musical Composition Competition for Ballet
Set up the first musical composition competition especially for ballet.
The winner was the maestro from Bahia, Ernst Widmer Nhamundá and his ballet was mounted.
Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Decorated by the Minister of Culture of France as Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
2nd Winter Festival of Dance
Promotes the 2nd Winter Dance Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and São Paulo, featuring as in the previous year internationally renowned artists such as Natalia Makarova, Merle Park, Fernando Bujones and Anthony Dowell.
It features original creations by Dalal Achcar such as the Ballet Cenas Brasileiras, which tells the story of a young girl who falls in love with a street vendor, during colonial Brazil. Dalal surprises with a stylization of classical ballet, introducing capoeira and maculelê choreographies to represent popular celebrations. Packed by the music of Francisco Mignone and the magic of the duo Fernando Bujones and Merle Park, this show represented one of the greatest successes of the 2nd Winter Festival of Dance.
Something Special
Created a choreography especially for Natalia Makarova and Anthony Dowell, with music by Ernesto Nazareth and costumes by Nilson Penna, premiered in São Paulo.
The Nutcracker
Her version is presented in São Paulo.
1977
Something Special
American Ballet Theater performs her Something Special in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and other cities with great success. Years later the pas de deux is danced by Marcia Haydée in several festivals.
1978
Carioca Tourism Week (Rio de Janeiro/RJ)
The most daring achievement of the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro was the presentation at the Carioca Tourism Week (RJ) of two shows in the bay of Praia de Botafogo, in Rio de Janeiro: Primavera à Noite and the complete version of Romeo and Juliet , pop music by Alec Costandinos, more than 80 dancers and attended by 70,000 people. It was the first time that a classical ballet show was performed on the beach.
China
At the invitation of the Chinese group “Women of China”, she travels with a group of 7 Brazilian women representing their respective areas with Dalal representing the culture.
1979
Cinderella
Mounts the musical ballet Cinderella, with music by Donna Summer launching Ana Botafogo with Alain Leroy and the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro at Teatro BNH with 55 sold-out shows.
The Nutcracker
Her version is presented at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro with the participation of Fernando Bujones and other international artists.
1980
Ballet – Art, Technique and Interpretation (Book)
Publishes the book Ballet – Art, Technique and Interpretation, by Companhia Brasileira de Artes Gráficas. The success of the book resulted in 6 editions.
A Carnival Night’s Dream
Mounts her second musical ballet, Sonho de uma Noite de Carnaval with Ana Botafogo at Teatro BNH with Brazilian popular songs.
1981
Director of the Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed as Director of Ballet at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, and after complete reformulation of the Corps of Ballet, she creates artistic categories and forms the TMRJ Ballet Company with 70 dancers and 10 interns.
The season opens with Coppélia, presented for the first time in Brazil in its complete version, achieving unprecedented success at the box office and critics.
Then Giselle by Peter Wright, Romeo and Juliet by John Cranko, Diversions by Jean Paul Commelin, Opus I by John Cranko, Cantabile by Oscar Araiz and Something Special by Dalal Achcar.
Guest artists: Natalia Makarova, Fernando Bujones, Marcia Haydée, Richard Cragun, Stephen Jefferies, Thomas Nicholson, among others.
Returns her production of The Nutcracker.
Snow White (Children’s Ballet)
Choreographs and produces the children's musical ballet Branca de Neve at Teatro do BNH.
Officialization of the Professional Course for Dancers
On October 5, 1981, Ballet Dalal Achcar became the 1st private school in the
country to have its curriculum approved by the State Board of Education and can since then graduate its students as professional dancers.
A Carnival Night’s Dream
Inaugurates the National Theater of Brasília with the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro.
1982
Friend of the Royal Academy of Dance – FRAD
Receives from the Royal Academy of Dance the title of Friend of the Royal Academy of Dance – FRAD, as a member of the Academy.
Don Quixote
For the first time in Brazil, she sets up the complete ballet Don Quixote in 3 acts, receiving the Iberia/Spain Prize for her conception and choreography.
Ibero-American Dance Council
Appointed vice-president of the Ibero-American Dance Council linked to the Organization of American States (OAS) based in Washington.
1983
Promotes new productions for the Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, such as:La Fille Mal Gardée by Sir Frederick Ashton and the ballet Gabriela, based on the novel by Jorge Amado with music by Edu Lobo, choreography by Gilberto Motta and scenery and costumes by Caribé.
1984
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Appointed Director General of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, a position she holds until the beginning of 1987.
During her time, she promotes the partial recovery of the stage and technical installations.
The operas Orfeo, Werther, O Guarani, Madame Butterfly, Aída, Porgy and Bess and the ballets Giselle, Gala Especial, The Nutcracker, A Floresta Amazônica, La Fille Mal Gardée, Gabriela, La Bayadère and Don Quixote are staged, among others in addition to several symphonic concerts.
Associação dos Amigos do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Founds and chairs the Associação dos Amigos do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, an entity created to support the productions of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. The pioneering format of the association served as a model for associations of friends of cultural institutions across the country.
Full Degree in Dance Course
Concerned about the situation of dance teachers, with the assistance of Gilberto Motta, Carlota Portella and the guidance of Professor Edilia Coelho Garcia, at the time her assistant, she managed to create a course and obtain approval by the Federal Council of Education for her 3rd Grade curriculum – Full Degree in Dance Course – with training in 04 years of studies for university students, teachers and choreographers.
Lecture (Panama City/Panama)
The Development of Dance in Latin America.
1985
Higher Education Course for Dance Teachers
Creation of the first Higher Education Course for Dance Teachers in the country, at Faculdade da Cidade (UniverCidade) in Rio de Janeiro, where she was Head Professor.
Cultural Package Project
Starts the Cultural Package project, which allows students from public and private schools to watch shows for free at the Theatro Municipal RJ, bringing more than 30,000 children, teenagers and university students to ballet shows. Students in gratitude sent work related to the experience in different forms, drawings, poetry, essays. An exhibition was organised with the presence of the President of Brazil, José Sarney, who at the time also attended The Nutcracker.
Teatro Amazonas
For three consecutive years, 1985, 86 and 87, Dalal mounts on ballet and Brazilian dance shows at Teatro Amazonas for an international audience on Sun Line Cruises.
Lecture (Buenos Aires/Argentina)
The Cultural Level of the Dancer and the World Around Him.
The Nutcracker
Her conception and choreography of The Nutcracker is ranked #1 in a Newsweek magazine survey out of 1000 other The Nutcracker performed worldwide.
1st International Dance Festival of Rio de Janeiro
Choreographs the second version of her A Floresta Amazônica, now in 2 acts for the opening of the 1st International Dance Festival in Rio de Janeiro.
1986
2nd International Dance Festival of Rio de Janeiro
As director of Theatro Municipal RJ, Dalal organises the 2nd International Dance Festival in Rio de Janeiro.
Guest companies: Maurice Béjart, Stuttgart Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet,
Pilobolus, Kabuki, National Ballet of Cuba, Ballet of Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, Twyla Tharp, Ballet of Theatro Municipal RJ, Grupo Corpo, Ballet of Teatro Guaíra, among others.
Lecture (Caracas/Venezuela)
Chairs the 2nd Latin American Conference of Ballet Specialists in Caracas and lectures on “Latin American Ballet and the Development of a Style of Its Own”.
2nd International Ballet Competition in Jackson (USA)
Participates as a judge
1987
3rd International Dance Festival of Rio de Janeiro
Holds the festival at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, still under her direction, with the participation of the National Ballet of Cuba, Dance Theater of Harlem (USA), Ballet of Teatro Colón (Argentina), Grupo Danza Hoy (Venezuela), Twyla Tharp Dance (USA) and Grupo Corpo (Brazil).
2nd International Congress on Dance
Chairs the 2nd International Congress on Dance, in Rio de Janeiro, organised in collaboration with Dance Magazine. The congress gathered 4000 students and the best international professors of that time, doctors and physiotherapists specialised in dance, speakers and participation of guest artists of international recognition such as Marcia Haydée and Fernando Bujones. Tributes to dance figures such as Nina Verchinina and Juliana Yanakiva who received a sculpture by artist Roberto Moriconi as a trophy.
Alvorada Merit Medal
Decorated by the Governor of the Federal District with the Alvorada Medal of Merit.
Order of Rio Branco in the rank of Officer
Decorated by the President of Brazil with the Order of Rio Branco in the rank of Officer.
Dance for Schools Project
Starts the Dance for Schools Project in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, with presentations in several places, such as Teatro João Caetano, Lona da Cultura da Ilha do Governador, Sala Cecília Meirelles, Quadra da Escola de Samba Imperatriz Leopoldinense and Circo Voador, benefiting more than 8,000 students from municipal and state schools. For five consecutive years, this partnership has enabled the general public to access dance shows.
1988
Ballet of Nations
With the help of a teacher specialised in popular dances from different countries, Theo Dantes, Dalal mounts the show Ballet das Nações, in an initiative of the UN project – Global Cooperation for a Better World – presented at Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro.
Something Nice
Choreographs the ballet Something Nice, presented at the opening of the final phase of the National Dance Meeting (ENDA) in São Paulo.
Dance for Schools Project
Once again, the Dance for Schools Project was presented to more than 6,000 students.
1989
Vive la France – Bicentennial of the French Revolution
Invited to the festivities celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution, participates with a ballet show attended by an audience of over 100,000 people at Aterro do Flamengo, with the participation of dancer Jorge Donn - who danced Ravel's Bolero by Maurice Bejart.
1990
Teatro Amazonas
Produces and presents A Floresta Amazônica in Manaus during the reopening of Teatro Amazonas.
1991
Lady Di’s Visit
Receives the Princess of Wales, Diana – Lady Di, as President of Theatro Municipal RJ, for a performance by Grupo Corpo.
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Foundation
Appointed President of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Foundation.
Ballet do Brasil
Appointed Artistic Director of Ballet do Brasil, based in Brasília.
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Performs the Ballet para Todos series for the general public and the Great Christmas Festival.
1992
Project Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro for All
Mounts popular ballet performances, symphonic concerts and opera excerpts in partnership with the newspaper O Dia. The newspaper coupon was exchanged for free tickets.
Rio 92 – Concert for Planet Earth
Conceives and directs on the occasion of the 1st International Conference on the Environment (ECO - 92), a show entitled Concert for Planet Earth with the participation of guest artists representing the diversity of races, continents and arts:
Jeremy Irons - narrator
Plácido Domingo - master of ceremonies and tenor
Denyce Graves - soprano
Sarah Chang - violinist
Wynton Marsalis - trumpeter
Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano - dancers
Tom Jobim, Gal Costa - singers
Choir and Orchestra of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
This show was broadcast live by the BBC (The British Broadcasting Corporation) and later released on DVD by Sony Music.
Cuballet
Brings to Brazil for the first time with the support of Niterói City Hall the entire National Ballet School of Cuba. Its teachers and artists taught several courses for a month and put on shows bringing together Cuban artists and participating students, in a series of popular shows performed with great success at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói.
A Floresta Amazônica
Produces and presents a major season of A Floresta Amazônica with the ballet, male choir and symphony orchestra of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, with guest artists Jean-Yves Lormeau (Opera de Paris) and Julio Bocca (American Ballet Theatre).
The Nutcracker
Presents her production at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
1993
Varna Ballet Competition (Bulgaria)
Participates as a judge.
The Nutcracker
Presents her production at the Ballet do Teatro Colón, in Buenos Aires/Argentina.
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Presents Coppelia by Enrique Martinez and the oratorio Messiah by Haendal.
1994
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Produces the ballets Giselle by Peter Wright, Don Quixote and her version of The Nutcracker, the operetta The Merry Widow, the Requiem by Verdi and the cantata Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
1995
Branca de Neve (Snow White)
Remounts the ballet Branca de Neve with new sets and costumes by José Varona, presented at Teatros Villa-Lobos, Teatro Municipal de Niterói and in the city of Campos.
1996
A Very Brazilian Christmas – Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (RJ)
At the invitation of Bradesco Seguros, Dalal conceived the show Um Natal bem Brasileiro (A Very Brazilian Christmas).
Performed with the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro and the Ballet Dalal Achcar, it was staged consecutively until 1999, next to the Christmas Tree, in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas (RJ).
American Ballet
Brings to Brazil together with Maria Rita Stump the American Ballet Theater, from New York.
1997
Ballet Cardinal
Creates and presents her choreography Cardinal at the invitation of Jean Yves Lormeau, director of the Ballet of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and costumes by João Américo de Souza with Rosana Lanzelotte on the harpsichord.
Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Dalal is elevated to the rank of Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France’s Minister of Culture.
1998
Member of the Executive and Artistic Committee (Royal Academy of Dance)
First non-English personality invited by the Royal Academy of Dance to participate as a Member of the Executive and Artistic Committee.
Brazilian Dance Council of UNESCO
Honored by the Brazilian Dance Council of UNESCO with the Medal of Artistic Merit in Dance
Ballet an Art (Book)
Publishes her book Ballet uma Arte, by Editora Ediouro.
1999
Presidency of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Foundation
Resumes the Presidency of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Foundation and presents, among others, O Circo dos Animais by José Varona, Giselle by Peter Wright, Coppelia and The Nutcracker with a new choreography for the prologue dances and the snow scene (1st act) and new sets and costumes by José Varona.
This administration ends with the show Romeo and Juliet, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich in 2002, breaking historical records for presentations by the house and audience attendance.
90 years of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
The celebration of the 90th anniversary of Theatro Municipal RJ is celebrated with a beautiful exhibition organised by Maristela Kubitschek Lopes with two consecutive days of open doors with continuous shows of music, ballet and opera. The event attracted around 30,000 people to the theater.
2000
Peter and the Wolf
Opens the season of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Commemoration of Brazil's 500th anniversary
A Floresta Amazônica is presented in a special version with the participation of the choir and orchestra of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
O Guarani is performed in full version.
La Bayadère
Invites Natalia Makarova to stage the complete ballet La Bayadère for the first time at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Project Education with Art – Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Conceived by Dalal Achcar, it enabled students and teachers, especially those from the public schools and middle and elementary schools, to have access to large-scale, high-quality shows at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. With the intention of enhancing the educational and formative value of the appreciation of shows, expanding the students' cultural and artistic perspectives and encouraging a critical and ethical mindset, fundamental to the exercise of citizenship. A program was given in the form of a specially designed study guide containing multi-reference information, curiosities and recreational activities, aiming at assimilating the direct and indirect content of each show.
Medal of the Order of Cultural Merit (Commander Class)
Honored by the President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso with the Medal of the Order of Cultural Merit in the Commander Class.
Honored by the Association of Graduates of the Superior School of War.
José Bonifácio Order of Merit Medal (Grand Officer)
Receives from the Rector Prof. Antônio Celso Alves Pereira the José Bonifácio Order of Merit Medal in the degree of Grand Officer granted by the University of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ.
A Chance to Dance Project (2000 - 2004)
Performed by the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro at Ballet Dalal Achcar, Madureira unit. Through scholarships, the project technically prepared over four years of study, adolescents between 13 and 16 years old residents of nearby risk areas, as children's recreationalists and psychomotor recovery technicians.
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
The Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro (Young Ballet Company of Rio de Janeiro) is a pioneering project for the professionalism of young dancers.
Created jointly with the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), the Brazilian Dance Council (UNESCO), the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro and the professional schools: Centro de Dança Rio, Ballet Dalal Achcar and Maria Olenewa State School of Dance.
Instituto Brasileiro de Dança (Brazilian Dance Institute)
The Brazilian Dance Institute is registered
2001/2002
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
During her tenure at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, she presented shows at an international level, diversifying the program and offering opportunities to young artists, such as:
Two different shows were also created:
⋅ Concerts in the Foyer (camera music at the foyer as a stage)
⋅ Opera at Noon (unprecedented project carried out at lunchtime on the internal stairs of the theater, presenting as an introduction the best-known opera excerpts, lasting 40 minutes and sponsored by Café Palheta, which offered a sandwich and coffee).
Diploma Livro do Mérito (Book of Merit Diploma)
Awarded the Book of Merit Diploma, from the Ministry of Culture and the National Library Foundation.
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro / Memory Series
Creates the Theatro Municipal RJ Memory Series with biographies of artists who made the history of the Theatro Municipal RJ in the areas of music, opera, dance and choreography. Launches the first 11 volumes in 2001 and later another 39 volumes.
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro Performances
Performances by the Young Ballet Company of Rio de Janeiro:
Leaves the Presidency of Theatro Municipal RJ, but continues her collaboration.
2004
Dance Builders
Awarded the Dance Builders, in Pernambuco, from the Brazilian Dance Council of UNESCO.
Companhia Jovem El Paso de Dança
With the sponsorship of El Paso company, the Companhia de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro becomes Companhia Jovem El Paso de Dança, bringing together a group formed by 12 female dancers and 10 male dancers in the age group of 17 to 24 years, directed and guided by Dalal Achcar and Mariza Estrella The Company premieres the show Superbacana – Dançando a Tropicália, at Teatro Villa-Lobos, with music by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Torquato Neto, Capinan, Tom Zé, Rogério Duprat, Jorge Benjor and other emblematic composers of the tropicalism movement.
2005
Companhia Jovem El Paso de Dança performs at several festivals in Brazil.
2006
Conto de Natal (Christmas Carol)
Creates the ballet Conto de Natal, presented in a great popular season at Teatro João Caetano by Companhia Jovem El Paso de Dança.
2007
The Nutcracker
Mounts The Nutcracker for Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
2008
The Nutcracker
With the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro closed for renovation and at the invitation of its President Carla Camuratti, mounts a season of the 2nd Act of The Nutcracker at the mall Shopping Rio Sul with the Ballet of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Conto de Natal (Christmas Carol)
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro (with its original name after El Paso left the country) presents Conto de Natal at Teatro João Caetano.
2009
A Floresta Amazônica
Mounts a reduced version of A Floresta Amazônica for the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro presented in Belo Horizonte, Recife and Salvador.
100 Years of the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Participates in the celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro with her choreography Grand Finale, danced by the theater's corps de ballet.
2010
Don Quixote
At the reopening of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, mounts her version of Don Quixote with the participation of Dorothée Gilbert, star of the Opera de Paris, Marcelo Gomes, star of the American Ballet Theater and Cyril Atanassoff, former ballet star and mâitre de ballet at the Opera de Paris acting as Don Quixote, with sold-out performances and extra shows.
2011
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro performs at Theatro Municipal RJ in the government program “Theatro Municipal à R$ 1.00”, accompanying the program celebrating Ana Botafogo’s 35 years on stage. The company performs in several other shows throughout the year at Theatro Municipal RJ and other theaters in Brazil.
The Nutcracker
Mounts The Nutcracker for Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Istanbul a Fascinating City (Guide book)
Launches, in partnership with Katia Mindlin Leite Barbosa, the guide book Istanbul a Fascinating City, by Editora Addresses, which was a finalist for the Jabuti Prize.
2012
Sponsors, participates and publicises various actions in favor of ballet and its professionals.
Lausanne International Competition
Sponsors several young dancers for the Lausanne Competition.
From 2012 to 2014, Dalal worked to help young talents win scholarships, technically preparing them and paying for travel and accommodation costs to participate in the Lausanne International Competition.
All of them were approved and today are dancers hired by international companies.
2013
Social Impact Project - Ballet Dalal Achcar and Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Continues the social projects of Ballet Dalal Achcar and Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro through scholarships with internship in shows.
2014
The Nutcracker
For three consecutive years mounts The Nutcracker for the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro.
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro performs at Imperator – Centro Cultural João Nogueira and Teatro Riachuelo.
Lausanne competition
Sponsors several young dancers for the Lausanne Competition..
2015
Coppelia
Invited to mount Coppelia for the Ballet Nacional do Uruguay at Teatro Sodré. After the season the ballet is also presented in Europe with great success.
2017
Coppelia
Invited to mount the ballet Coppelia for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires/Argentina, with a great success with the audience.
2018
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Performs at Teatro Riachuelo and Imperator – Centro Cultural João Nogueira.
2019
Coppelia
Mounts Coppelia for the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro having the participation of Companhia Jovem de Ballet of Rio de Janeiro with ten shows to a sold-out house.
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro
Performs a season at Teatro Prudential with a new repertoire, also presented to different communities in the State and City of Rio de Janeiro.
26th IDFA – International Dance Festival of the Amazon
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro opens and closes the 26th IDFA –
International Dance Festival of the Amazon in Belém do Pará, with great success and five shows at Teatro da Paz.
Conto de Natal (Christmas Carol)
Presents the now classic Conto de Natal at Teatro Riachuelo with the Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro.
2020
Companhia Jovem do Rio de Janeiro
Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro is elevated to the level of a professional company, integrated into the Ballet do Rio de Janeiro.
Pandemic
With the pandemic and the lockdown, daily classes for the Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro are now online by maître de ballet Éric Frédéric and several renowned international teachers, in solidarity with the dancers’ difficult situation.
2021
Dance as Power of Transformation Project
Companhia Jovem do Rio de Janeiro
With the approval of her project “Dance as Power of Transformation” by the Vale do Rio Doce Cultural Institute, the Associação de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro with the Companhia Jovem do Rio de Janeiro returns performing in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte and ends the year by presenting Conto de Natal at Teatro Riachuelo.
2022
Companhia de Ballet Dalal Achcar
Companhia Jovem do Rio de Janeiro changes its name to Companhia de Ballet Dalal Achcar.
The new cycle opens with presentations of Tempo de Dançar in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Belém.
Premieres the ballet TAL VEZ with choreographies by Alex Neoral, in a season at Teatro Riachuelo, with enormous success with the audience and critics. Then is presented in Niterói and Campos - RJ and in São Paulo, where it receives ovation from the audience and the critics.
Premieres the ballet Macabéa inspired by the book “Hora da Estrela” by Clarisse Lispector, with choreography by Marcia Jaqueline in Petrópolis.
A season of 16 shows of Conto de Natal at Teatro Riachuelo- RJ.
2023
A Floresta Amazônica is presented with its very relevant theme for our days - protect our planet - in July, at Teatro da Paz in Belém do Pará.
Appointed by the Brazilian Dance Council official representative of Brazil at the UNESCO Conseil International de la Dance
In 2014 Achcar is a member of the council and vice-president of the Iberian-American Association of Dance Specialists, a body connected to the Organization of American States (OAS), and is a member of the Executive and Artistic Committee of the Royal Academy of Dance.
Achcar is the widow of federal deputy Luiz Fernando Bocayuva Cunha with whom she had a son.[ citation needed ]
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