The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad

Two ballet dancers of the (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.^{[citation needed]} At present^[when?] the teaching staff are fully Iraqi.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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[1] Kaylan, Melik (March 12, 2008). "Baghdad Music and Ballet School Soldiers On". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

[2] "Iraq's only ballet and music school faces funding crisis". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-03-17.

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