'Ballet Beyond Borders' enthrals capital’s residents

Over 230 artists would perform at Islamabad art festival 2019

ISLAMABAD: An international ensemble of ballerinas, ‘Ballet Beyond Borders’ enthralled the audience of the federal capital with a spell-binding performance on Saturday evening.

Part of the Islamabad Art Festival 2019, the performance was titled 'Situation 19' and was performed at the Sir Syed Memorial Society hall.

The ensemble includes artists and dancers from America, Brazil and Mexico.

Speaking on the occasion, Jamal Shah said that the idea of an international festival was to bring all the artists from across the world together. He added that more than 230 artists from different countries were participating in the festival.

“We are lucky to have them here to establish artistic and cultural links with them so that we can continue a dialogue for years to come,” he said, adding, “The dialogue will be productive and encourages us to come closer together.”

Shah further highlighted how a consortium of public and private institutions in the fields of educational, art and artist associations from across the country had come together to collaborate with foreign embassies and were generously funded by the corporate sector.

Brazilian artist Juliya said, "It was amazing to see such a large number of people come together from different countries.”

"Pakistanis are living in a great country which has a great culture,” said another visiting artist Mishal.

Earlier, artists from Iran and the US also performed at the Highland Resort.

On Sunday a workshop titled ‘Freeing Your Inner Creativity’ by British artist Spike Mclarity will be held at the Sir Syed Memorial Complex.

A musical performance by a Japanese musical group is also scheduled to be held at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Auditorium.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 24^th, 2019.