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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:Two final performances for this showcase production created by the award-winning dancer and choreographer Amador Rojas for the Royal Opera of Madrid. 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 performances at 6pm and 8.30pm. \nYour ticket also gets you a 20 percent discount on food and drinks at the Jumeirah Zabeel Saray.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/authentic-flamenco-2/
LOCATION:Zabeel Theatre\, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray\, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent\, Dubai
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SUMMARY:Wissam Shawkat: Black & White
DESCRIPTION:Monochrome works at reduced scale from one of the masters of modern calligraphic art. In this show there are 111 in total\, all in his characteristic calligraphy styles including Al Wissam and Calligraforms. “It feels to me a universal truth that master calligraphers do not first see colour\,” says Shawkat. “We see form; we do not study at length tonal contrasts\, before first analysing the relationship between our letterforms\, their rhythm\, and the space they occupy.” To 12 December.\n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wissam-shawkat-black-white/
LOCATION:Mestaria Gallery\, Unit 35\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Global Notes: Laura Mekhail & Amira Fouad
DESCRIPTION:The Egyptian soprano Laura Mekhail\, the first Arab recipient of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation /  Community Jameel Scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music\, is accompanied for this Global Notes evening by Amira Fouad on piano in a programme of classical arias from Puccini\, Rossini\, Handel and Bizet plus Arabic songs by Farid Al Atrash and Mohammed Abdel Wahab.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/global-notes-laura-mekhail-amira-fouad/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera Studio\, Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Recital
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SUMMARY:Ali Sethi
DESCRIPTION:Blending traditional South Asian melodies with global beats\, Sethi’s soulful voice and adept performance style promises “a musical journey that transcends borders and resonates with the heart”. Time magazine has praised him for showing that “differences of culture\, language\, religion\, and gender do not need to be antagonistic; they can\, and always have\, enriched us and given us some of our greatest works of art”. Expect to hear his blockbuster ragaton single Pasoori (“Google’s most hummed-to-search song of 2022”). \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ali-sethi/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Concert
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