Cirque du Liban comes to Yas with "the first travelling water circus in the Middle East ... live entertainment, breathtaking artistic performances in a tailor-made aqua theatre, waterfalls cascading, artists diving and performing mind-blowing Aquatic experience". The previews look great, [... more]
The second edition of "the Middle East’s neo-culture festival" aims to celebrate the region’s art, fashion and musical tastes (specifically grime and hip-hop) with local and international artists, local and international food outlets, gaming, basketball showdowns, streetwear stalls, curated art, [... more]
"This mesmerising amalgamation of acrobatic excellence" is "a truly breathtaking entertainment phenomenon", opines the organiser's press release. Even allowing for the hyperbole, there’s a good chance that all that will be true: it’s Cirque du Soleil, after all, and for [... more]
A solo exhibition that presents a newly commissioned large-scale installation rooted in the instability and fragility of the human experience — more than 200 fantastical ceramic objects arranged as surreal sculptures and structures that replicate and reimagine healthcare spaces, such [... more]
This exhibition presents projects by 12 of the participants in 421’s Homebound Residency Program, which ran annually from spring 2020 to fall 2023; it is both a celebration of the work produced during the programme and an acknowledgement of the [... more]
Colombia comes to Dubai; 45 professional dancers, musicians, and actors from the country deliver a 90-minute spectacle showcasing the culture, music, and dance of Colombia. It’s all hung on a plot involving Emirati journalists who are touring Colombia, but the [... more]
Chopin favourites by candlelight, a recital for solo piano by Magdalena Wajdzik. These concerts are "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music [... more]
A long evening session of feel-good techno and house from the uber-hip Berlin-based South Korean DJ/producer. Why masquerave? Because you get to wear masks, from a collection inspired by the animal characters in the Louvre's current From Kalila Wa Dimna [... more]
A second (and final) performance for the rather special MusicAeterna orchestra with its unorthodox Greek-born Russian conductor Teodor Currentzis. He founded MusicAeterna in Russia in 2004, when he was serving as principal conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre [... more]
Chopin favourites by candlelight, a recital for solo piano by Also Dotto. These concerts are "a series of classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live candlelit music [... more]
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