Marcel Khalife: Voyageur (NR)

synopsis

Lebanese maestro Marcel Khalife's extraordinary talents helped reinvent and revive Arabic oud playing. Khalife became the voyageur - the traveler - 30 years ago, when the wide acclaim earned by his innovative talent garnered him audiences outside the Middle East, in Japan, Australia, the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa. Not content with reviving ancient tradition, Khalife also gave birth to a popular new style of Near Eastern ballet, the result of his fruitful collaboration with the Caracalla Dance Troupe.