Georgette gebara biography

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Dancer and choreographer Georgette Gebara was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by BIPOD, who paid tribute to her 50-year contribution to Lebanon’s dance scene.

Gebara is largely credited with opening Lebanon’s first professional ballet school, Ecole Libanaise de Ballet, in 1964 and setting a standard for dance in the country.

Member, , Executive Council of the International Theatre Institute (UNESCO).

Member, , Executive Council of the International Theatre Institute (UNESCO).

Georgette Gebara is a Lebanese ballet dancer and choreographer, who is considered one of the pioneers of the classical ballet in Lebanon.

Biography.

Georgette Gebara is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer, writer, broadcaster and educator from Lebanon.

Gebara started her career at the German Friedel Nichols School of Dance in Cairo where she was born, alongside Maria Caridhias – best known as.

She later opened several academies around the country, having taught many of this generation’s dancers.

“They say that everyone is born for a reason and I believe that,” Gebara said during her award speech. “I was born to give dance a real and professional presence because before it was just a hobby, a nice thing for a girl to learn.”

Photo: Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis presenting the award to Georgette Gebara

Gebara began ballet classes at 14 in Cairo.

During her career as a dancer, she performed leading roles in many ballet classics such as “C