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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231108
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
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SUMMARY:Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective (1970–2023)
DESCRIPTION:Jantjes is recognised as a creative activist\, artist\, curator and critical thinker\, furthering the discourses and representation of African and African diaspora art. The largest solo presentation of the artist to date\, this retrospective for the UK-based South African artist brings together more than 100 prints\, drawings\, and paintings as well as archival material from the 1970s onwards. It includes a new body of work produced during his 2022 residency in Sharjah. Organised in collaboration with The Africa Institute\, the exhibition is curated by the Institute’s director Salah Hassan. \nTo 10 March. \nAbove: Gavin Jantjes\, Untitled. From the Zulu series (1989)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/gavin-jantjes-to-be-free-a-retrospective-1970-2023/
LOCATION:Al Mureijah Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
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SUMMARY:Miwa Matreyek: This World Made Itself / I Infinitely Yours
DESCRIPTION:The final two performances of these two works featuring Miwa Matreyek’s signature projected animations and shadow silhouettes\, both combining surreal and poetic narratives to depict the conflict between humans and nature. Matreyek is an animator\, designer\, and performer who creates live\, staged performances where she interacts with her animations as a shadow silhouette; her work exists in a dreamlike visual space that makes invisible worlds visible\, often weaving surreal and poetic narratives of conflict between man and nature\, and that’s the essence of these two works. \n\nInfinitely Yours (premiered 2020) is an emotional\, dream-like meditation on climate catastrophe and the Anthropocene. It merges live performance\, sculpture\, and animation\, with Miwa’s silhouette shape-shifting to experience the world from various perspectives\, an illustration of the news headlines we see every day and the complex harm humanity causes to the world. The music for Infinitely Yours was composed\, recorded and performed by Morgan Sorne.\nThis World Made Itself (2013) is another multimedia live performance work combining projected animation and the artist’s own shadow silhouette\, this time for a visually and musically rich journey through a history of the earth. Music by Flying Lotus\, Careful (aka Eric Lindley)\, and Mileece\n\nThere are performances at 2pm and 7.30pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/miwa-matreyek-this-world-made-itself-i-infinitely-yours-3/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Performance,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
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SUMMARY:Dreamscape
DESCRIPTION:From the press release: Dreamscape is “an immersive installation honouring the nurturing power of our Earth and emphasising the reverence it deserves as a sacred element of our existence. A sensory experience that seeks to bridge the intangible space between reality and dreams\, waking life and the subconscious. A dance between survival\, hand in hand with eternal loss. By combining visual art\, multimedia\, and live performance we invite you to share an atmosphere infused with emotion and reflection\, one that fills your heart\, tickles your roots and permeates every corner of experience …” \nThe installation comprises translucent scenery\, projection\, photography\, sculpture\, movement\, soundscape\, poetry\, shadow and light play. The artists are curator\, creative consultant and multimedia (especially video) artist Hind bin Demaithan; painter\, sculptor\, and installation artist Shaqayeq Arabi; Italian professional dancer and choreographer Carolina Cortesi (currently starring in Franco Dragone’s La Perle); Dubai-based journalist\, creative writer\, and poet Rand Al Hadethi; and Dariush Zandi\, photographer\, architect/urbanist\, and author. \nIt’s all part of the COP28 programme at Total Arts gallery at the Courtyard during the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). It runs to the end of December. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/48451/
LOCATION:Total Arts at the Courtyard\, Al Quoz\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Coulrophobia (Fear of Clowns)
DESCRIPTION:Gaby Milky writes and directs this “musical-ish satire”\, first seen back in 2017. The king of Blinktonasia is imposing a strict regime that requires eradication of the clowns\, the threat to his monarchy; so he orders the Professor to devise a machine that lobotomises them. In the face of persecution yet enboldened by their sense of purpose\, the clowns do everything in their power to preserve their identity … \nGaby Milky is an award-winning filmmaker\, animator\, and theatre director with Gambian-Lebanese heritage. He relocated to the UAE a couple of years ago\, and his short play Corporate Manifesto has won a Short+Sweet People’s Choice award.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/coulrophobia-fear-of-clowns/2023-11-18/
LOCATION:The Junction\, Unit H72\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20231118T200000
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SUMMARY:Laughter Factory: 'The Good\, the Bad and the Filthy' Tour
DESCRIPTION:A second night at the Mövenpick for Kate Barron from Canada (“after a lifetime of being told she is too big\, too loud and too vulgar\, by everyone from strangers to teachers\, she decided to step on stage and start wearing those labels as badges of honour. Kate doesn’t do self-deprecating”); Irishman Paddy Lennox (“engaging\, witty\, entertaining” says a magpie staffer: “the sort of comedy that makes you wish the show was just a little bit longer”); and the excellent Liz Bains\, a semi-finalist in the 2023 UK Funny Women Awards. \nUpcoming dates (none in Abu Dhabi this time): \n\n23 Nov Hyde Hotel\, Business Bay\, Dubai\n24 Nov Radisson Hotel DAMAC Hills\, Dubai\n25 Nov Dukes Hotel\, The Palm Dubai
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/laughter-factory-the-good-the-bad-and-the-filthy-tour/
LOCATION:Mövenpick Hotel JBR\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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