(Under Attack), “The Kingdom of Peace”, Al-Ahli Circassian Folk Group

Al-Ahli Circassian Folk Group
(Under Attack)
from the dance operate
“The Kingdom of Peace”
New Jersey 1993
Choreography and dance instruction by Amer Dakhqan of the ACID group
Music by Saeed Bazoqa
Main characters:
Hussien Arkhaga
Yanal hikmat
Ali Mamila
Tamer Mofti
Ali Qardan

The dance section is taken from the dance operate, representing the Russian invasion to the Caucasus and the valiant defense of the Circassians against the aggressors. At the end of which the main Circassian character is martyred.
The music design and instrumentation was done by Engineer Saeed Bazoqa as part of the entire operate.
The final cut, where the Circassian hero is killed, is an adaptation from the death scene in the ballet Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian.
The ACID group was responsible for Authoring, Choreographing, Instructing, and Directing a group of Circassian folk and artistic programs of dance, song and music in Jordan between the years 1986 until 1996. The group consisted of Mirna Janbik, Samer Balkar and Amer Dakhqan. Their work includes the programs; “a Folkloric Tale”, 1990, “Building a City”, 1991, “True Love”, 1992, “the Kingdom of Peace”, 1993, “Fantasia” 1994, and the “Circassian Song festival”, 1991, 92, 93, and 95 and others. The ACID programs were performed in Jordan, the US, Tunisia, Bahrain and the homeland.