The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad

Two ballet dancers of the Iraqi National Ballet (which is based in Baghdad) performing a ballet show in Iraq in 2007.

The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad (Arabic,مدرسة بغداد للموسيقى و الباليه) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq in 1967. It was initially opened as part of Saddam Hussein's secularist cultural campaign.^[1]

Teachers from the Bolshoi Theater in Russia came to Baghdad to teach. At present the teaching staff are fully Iraqi.

In March 2016, the Associated Press reported that the school was facing financial difficulties owing to the government's budgetary crisis.^[2] According to the report, the Ministry of Culture had ordered the school to begin charging tuition.

References

↑ Kaylan, Melik (March 12, 2008). "Baghdad Music and Ballet School Soldiers On". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
↑ "Iraq's only ballet and music school faces funding crisis". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-03-17.

Schools of professional ballet

Europe	Académie Royale de Danse Royal Danish Ballet school Elmhurst School for Dance English National Ballet School John Cranko Schule La Scala Theatre Ballet School Lviv State Choreographic School Moscow State Academy of Choreography Perm State Choreographic College Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Royal Ballet School Royal Swedish Ballet School Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet

Americas	Canada's National Ballet School Cuban National Ballet School Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Pacific Northwest Ballet School Royal Winnipeg Ballet School San Francisco Ballet School School of American Ballet

Other	Cairo Opera Ballet Company Higher Institute of Ballet Australian Ballet School Beijing Dance Academy Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad

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