Students from the Baghdad Ballet Academy prepare to perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Students from the Baghdad Ballet Academy prepare to perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A student from the Baghdad Ballet Academy performs in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A Baghdad Ballet Academy student waits in the wings to perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Students from the Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Dancers from Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Students from the Baghdad Ballet Academy perform in a production titled "Mermaid" at Al-Sinbad Theater in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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1:47 PM on Sunday, September 27
By HADI MIZBAN
BAGHDAD (AP) — Students from Baghdad’s Ballet Academy performed a production titled “Mermaid” before an audience at Al-Sinbad Theater on Friday.
Wearing colorful costumes, dancers of different ages presented solo and ensemble routines, moving through choreographed formations, leaps and turns under blue and purple stage lights. The public performance gave the students an opportunity to showcase their training on a Baghdad stage.
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