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SUMMARY:Big Bad Wolf Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:The self-styled “World’s Biggest Book Sale” is returning to Sound Stages\, Dubai Studio City\, from 1-10 March\, open daily 10am to midnight with something like two million titles in various genres on sale at discounts of up to 75 percent on RRP. Should be something for everyone …
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/big-bad-wolf-book-sale/
LOCATION:Dubai Studio City\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words
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SUMMARY:The Female Gaze – Women in the Middle Eastern Art Scene
DESCRIPTION:A conversation in the recently inaugurated Bassam Freiha Art Foundation‘s Art Dialogues series\, featuring four Emirati artists – Najat Makki\, Latifa Saeed\, Sumayyah Al Suwaidi and Azza Al Qubaisi – and led by BFAF’s Curator\, Michaela Watrelot. Coinciding with International Women’s Day\, the discussion will consider the role of gender in art and honour the significant contributions of women to the Middle Eastern art scene.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/the-female-gaze-women-in-the-middle-eastern-art-scene/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Panel discussion
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SUMMARY:Noé Soulier: Passages
DESCRIPTION:A 40-minute site-specific project that adapts to each location in which it’s performed – the movement sequences by the four dancers are predetermined\, and it uses a bodily vocabulary that choreographer Noé Soulier has been developing over the last 10 years; but the choreography is constructed within and for each specific place (which for Abu Dhabi is NYUAD’s East Plaza). Performers trigger resonances activating the physical memories of the audience\, starting with their relationship to the spaces they inhabit. \nSoulier is director of the Cndc–Angers (Centre national de danse contemporaine)\, a unique institution that combines a creative choreography centre\, a school of contemporary dance\, and a performance programme. \nDance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels has been supporting the presentation of Passages since 2022\, and in April it will be performed in Kyoto. \nTickets are free\, but all spaces are currently taken – returns may become available. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/noe-soulier-passages/
LOCATION:NYUAD East Plaza\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Dance
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SUMMARY:Ola Maciejewska: Bombyx Mori
DESCRIPTION:In this 55-minute this work for three dancers\, choreographer Ola Maciejewska draws inspiration from the innovative early 20th century work of modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller. Bombyx Mori explores movement as a result of the interactions between the body and other things (lights\, materials\, sound)\, as opposed to movement from within the body. The title Bombyx Mori refers to the silkworm\, which has become entirely dependent on humans for its survival; dance\, archives and artifice are interwoven in this performance\, providing a metaphor for the hybrid nature of things. \nWith the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels\, Maciejewska is currently working on a larger body of work focused on convergences between dance and visual art and transmission. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/ola-maciejewska-bombyx-mori/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240222T200000
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SUMMARY:The Phantom of the Opera
DESCRIPTION:Continuing its policy of attracting established blue-chip touring performances\, Dubai Opera is running Broadway Entertainment Group’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically acclaimed musical for a three-week run. \nThe story is based on Gaston Leroux’s classic novel of a musical genius known only as ‘The Phantom’ who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House in the 19th century. Mesmerised by the talent and beauty of the young soprano Christine\, the Phantom grooms her as his protégé – but that doesn’t go too well\, and his obsession sets the scene for a dramatic collision of jealousy\, madness and passion. \nThe show\, which celebrated 37 years last October\, has won over 70 major theatre awards – it’s Lloyd-Webber’s most successful – and reportedly has been seen by more than 160 million people worldwide; now it’s our turn … There are performances between 22 February and 10 March (not Mondays)\, with shows at 8pm on weekdays and 2pm and 8pm on Saturdays\, 2pm and 7.30pm on the Sundays. Tickets look a tad pricey\, but this is a lavish production with a big cast and a 2h45m run time that could well justify the cost. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/the-phantom-of-the-opera-2/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Musical
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SUMMARY:Laughter Factory: ‘Extermination Boredom!’ Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Laughter Factory says it is flying in “three of the best live stand-up comedians that are currently touring the world”\, though since one of them already lives here presumably that’s humorous hyperbole. On the bill are American-Egyptian Maria Shehata\, making her debut in Dubai and trailing a CV that includes Comedy Central shows and some writing credits (“she is quite comfortable performing in a 15\,000 seater venue so it will be lovely to see her up close and personal in an intimate room”); Dimitri Bakinov\, another Dubai newbie and given to black humour (“darker than a trip down an abandoned coal mine\, with a broken torch”); and Abz Ali\, “the funniest Emirati you will ever come across”. \nThe tour moves on to the Movenpick JBR for 8th and 9th March. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/laughter-factory-extermination-boredom-tour/
LOCATION:Dukes The Palm\, Palm Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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