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SUMMARY:Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)
DESCRIPTION:The 42nd edition of SIBF promises to be the fair’s biggest edition ever\, claiming to show more than 1.5 million titles by 2\,000 publishing houses representing 108 different countries. There will also be a packed 12-day agenda of 1\,700 activities in total. Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri\, CEO of the organiser\, Sharjah Books Authority\, said that Sharjah has become a silk road for publishers worldwide – “a hub that connects the East and West”. \nFor the average book-loving visitor\, highlights include book signings with around 600 authors from around the world (among them star names like Wole Soyinka\, Malcolm Gladwell\, and Kareena Kapoor); more than 900 workshops for adults and children\, including creative writing; and a focus on support for disabilities\, including a signing workshop and the announcement of the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. \nThere’s also a three-day Thriller Fest show-within-the-show (8-10 November) organised in partnership with Thriller Festival NY and bringing a collection of best-selling English-language authors to Sharjah. \nSIBF runs 1 to 12 November\, open daily 10am to 10pm (Fridays 4pm to 11pm). \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sharjah-international-book-fair-sibf/
LOCATION:Expo Centre Sharjah\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Book Fair
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SUMMARY:Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time No.2
DESCRIPTION:Now this is an unexpected offering from Berklee: the revised version of William Forsythe’s Nowhere And Everywhere At The Same Time\, a kind of DIY performance piece that encourages you to experience space\, movement\, other people\, the absence of other people … \nThe original version was a dance piece created at Tate Modern in 2009\, devised by the eminent choreographer and performed by the dancers of his company. The Tate’s Turbine Hall was filled with dozens of metal pendulums suspended from wire rope; the dancers used the pendulums as catalysts for movement\, their bodies reacting to the objects\, and each other\, as they moved through the field. Forsythe has commented that the work’s choreography is “based on observations; so the dancers are observing the room\, observing each other\, and producing conclusions or expressing their observations”. By conceiving the Turbine Hall as both ‘nowhere and everywhere at the same time’\, this performance sought to unleash the kinetic and metaphorical potentials of the space. \nThe No.2 version does not involve a specific choreography or indeed dancers as such. The field of moving pendulums is retained\, and visitors are invited to move through them at will. In doing so\, they effectively generate an infinite range of individual choreographies. As the Berklee puts it\, “The spectators are free to attempt navigation in this statistically unpredictable environment but are requested to avoid coming in contact with any of the swinging pendulums. This task\, which automatically initiates and alerts the spectator’s innate predictive faculties\, produces a lively choreography of manifold and intricate avoidance strategies …” \nThe piece is accompanied by two of Forsythe’s short films. Solo (1997) is a performance for the camera by Forsythe himself that has close-ups and rapid cuts of his twisting body contrasted with overhead shots that capture his movements across a starkly lit stage. Antipodes I/II (2006) consists of two videos shown on facing screens suspended at different heights; on the raised screen\, Forsythe attempts to hold on to a table attached to the ceiling\, while in the second video he moves between two tables resting on the floor. The result\, which apparently dramatises Forsythe’s childhood belief that someone traveling to the South Pole risked falling off the planet\, subverts the relationship between embodiment and gravity. \nShould be fun. The performance/installation/movement piece is open between 8 November and 18 December; you need to book a one-hour time slot between 10am and 8pm (there is a maximum of 50 people per time slot so you should get the one you want).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nowhere-and-everywhere-at-the-same-time-no-2/
LOCATION:Berklee Abu Dhabi\, UAE Pavilion\, Saadiyat ISland\, Abu Dhabi
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SUMMARY:Authentic Flamenco
DESCRIPTION:After recording success in different cities around the world (including hopefully a couple of nights in Abu Dhabi)\, this showcase production created by the award-winning dancer and choreographer Amador Rojas for the Royal Opera of Madrid – claimed to be “the most important performing arts institution in Spain” – is coming to Dubai. This compilation of traditional flamenco features Paula Rodríguez\, a noted artist with a complete education in classical\, contemporary and flamenco dance; for Authentic Flamenco she is joined on stage by other noted performers – dancer José El Escarpín\, Ángel Flores and Antonio Jiménez (guitars)\, and Jonathan Reyes and José Del Calli (singers). \nThe show is quite short\, coming in at 65 minutes or so\, and there are two performances – at 6.30 and 9pm on 10 November\, followed by 6pm and 8.30pm on 11 November. Incidentally\, your ticket also gets you a 20 percent discount on food and drinks at the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/authentic-flamenco/
LOCATION:Zabeel Theatre\, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray\, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Flamenco
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SUMMARY:Candlelight Premium: Beethoven's Best Works
DESCRIPTION:The title of this concert certainly sets the bar high\, though it seems a pretty good selection of the composer’s works for piano. The pianist is Magdalena Wajdzik\, and the other plus is the way these recitals are lit by candlelight. The programme last around 65 minutes: \n♦ ‘Für Elise’ (Bagatelle no.25 in A minor)\n♦ Piano Sonata No.21 op.31 (Waldsten) – 1st movement\n♦ Piano Sonata op.13 ‘Pathetique’ – 1st\, 2nd and 3rd movements\n♦ Piano Sonata op. 27 No.2 (Moonlight) – 1st\, 2nd and 3rd movements\n♦ Symphony No.5 (transcription for solo piano by Liszt) – 1st movement \nThe programme lasts about 56 minutes; there are performances at 7pm and again at 9pm. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/candlelight-premium-beethovens-best-works/
LOCATION:Emirates Palace\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Recital
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SUMMARY:Gentle Steps\, Guided Words
DESCRIPTION:A meditative walk followed by a writing workshop\, organised by the Emirates Literature Foundation and dedicated to Emirates Red Crescent’s Tarahum – for Gaza campaign. The start and end point is the ELF office in Al Shindagha; sign up for free if you can show proof of payment for a donation of at least AED 250.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/gentle-steps-guided-words/
LOCATION:Emirates Literature Foundation\, Dar Al Adaab\, Al Shindagha\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words
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SUMMARY:Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:The first of two Autumn concerts by the explicitly named and highly commendable Emirates Community Symphonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathon Grover. The programme includes pieces by Bizet\, Delius\, Schubert and George Butterworth. \nThe latter is an English composer who died on the Somme in 1916; he’s not performed so much these days\, partly because he didn’t write much music in the first place and party because he destroyed anything he wasn’t entirely happy with\, but his settings of poems from Houseman’s A Shropshire Lad are well worth seeking out. His works for full orchestra also include a Rhapsody based on A Shropshire Lad. \nEntrance is free\, but you need to prebook a seat by emailing ecsosymphony@gmail.com.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/emirates-community-symphonic-orchestra/
LOCATION:Lycée Français Jean Mermoz de Dubai\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
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