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SUMMARY:Cirque Du Liban: Fontana
DESCRIPTION: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\, and the watery additions do add to the circus skills on show. Thierry Antonios\, founder and Managing Partner at Cirque Du Liban\, described Fontana as “a perfect blend of creativity and strategic partnership\, enhancing the vibrant cultural tapestry of Abu Dhabi … we are excited to share this extraordinary experience with the audiences of Yas Island”. \nIt all happens in a purpose-built big top circus tent near twofour54. There are shows from 7 April to 26 May.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/cirque-du-liban-fontana/
LOCATION:Yas Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Circus
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240528
DTSTAMP:20240426T110228Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Takeover 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Jameel’s annual handover of the arts centre to a selected cohort of young visionaries starts on Saturday 4 May and runs to Monday 27 May. There will be multiple artwork and installation “interventions” across the ground floor of the building\, both indoors and outdoors\, with a public programme of talks\, performances and more on the four weekends. \nThe Assembly is an annual experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE\, inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation’s areas of interest. This year’s learning programme was designed\, curated and facilitated by Abhirami Suresh\, Library and Youth Coordinator at Art Jameel\, in collaboration with Osemudiamen Ekore\, alumnus of The Assembly 2022-2023. The 2023-24 Assembly cohort members are … \nKarim el Atrache artist and philosopher-to-be\nMalavika Suresh spoken word poet and interdisciplinary researcher\nMariam Shamma interdisciplinary designer\nMarwan Ali architect\nNabeeha Sajjad multimedia designer\nRedha Al Hammad photographer\nSami Al Soloh artist\nToga Al Tahir interdisciplinary researcher \n  \nThe exhibition – (un)cooked:\nThe 11 original commissions by young artists represents a variety of “romantic and magnified versions of seemingly mundane experiences” that “challenge you to find the extraordinary in the ordinary and embark on a journey in discovering that the mundane is real\, raw and relevant in its simplicity”. The theme (un)cooked “expands on the portrayal of various interpretations of memories\, realities and fantasies”. The artists: \nKarim el Atrache and Klythm\nMalavika Suresh and Alysia Knowles\nMariam Shamma\nMarwan Ali and Nour Elbery\nNabeeha Sajjad and Ala Kheir\, Jawad Al Bdiwi\, Makki Rashid and Sarwa Abdul\nRedha Al Hammad and Dalia Mustafa\nSami Al Soloh\nToga Tahir\, Abdallah Abbas and Adiga Music Band \n  \nThe schedule:\nAll events are free\, but you’re advised to preregister via the links. \n4 May \n– discussion: (un)cooked panel with the Assembly 2023-2024 and programme curators Abhirami Suresh and Osemudiamen Ekore 6–7pm Lobby\n– performance: (Self)Serving by artist Assi Abogado 7.15–7.45pm\, Lobby\n– music: Filipino dream pop duo WYWY 7.45–8.30pm\, Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park \n5 May  \n– interactive lecture: Stoicism by Dr Kurt Mertel\, Prof of Philosophy at AUS 5–6.30pm Lobby \n11 May \n– family tour and workshop: A Time-Capsule Exchange by Sami Al Soloh and Sarah Al Soloh 11am–2.30pm Lobby\n– poetry workshop day two: Self-Portrait in Verse two-day intensive poetry writing workshop with Danabelle Gutierrez and Malavika Suresh 11am–2.30pm Lobby \n12 May \n– poetry workshop day two: Self-Portrait in Verse two-day intensive poetry writing workshop with Danabelle Gutierrez and Malavika Suresh 11am–2.30pm Lobby \n18 May \n– exhibition: (un)cooked tour led by Youth Takeover Assembly members 3–4pm Lobby\n– supper club: let them eat cake by artist Farah AlZeer 4–6pm Sahaab\n– film screening + talk: And I Must Go with director/artist Nabeeha Sajjad\, photographer Ala Kheir\, filmmaker Makki Rashid\, creative producer Sarwa Abdul; moderated by Sophie Ziai 6–.730pm Lobby \n19 May \n– talk: Hudhud with artist Enas Al Faranjiya\, writer Nayla Tozin\, designer Rana Kassem\, artist Shaikha Al Salman; moderated by Bootleg Griot 4–5.30pm Lobby \n25 May \n– exhibition: (un)cooked tour led by Youth Takeover Assembly members 5–6pm Lobby\n– poetry: Self-Portrait in Verse – showcase and open mic by Malavika Suresh \n26 May \n– film screening + gathering: Magila by Toga Al Tahir 3–4pm Lobby \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/youth-takeover-2024/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20240507T151245Z
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SUMMARY:The Gracefulness of Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:A group show for Saudi artists associated with Gharem Studio\, Riyadh (including its founder and the co-owner). Works on display include photography\, printmaking\, video\, installation and sculpture; “in this show you will discover that studios are places through which you discover the intelligence of the cities” said Gharem Studio’s founder Abdulnasser Gharem. “Artists strive to rationalise the world of their daily lives\, constantly looking towards the future through imaginative eyes …” To 8 June. \nThe artists: \nAbdulnasser Gharem\nHalla Bint Khalid\nAjlan Gharem\nShaweesh\nHaitham Alsharif\nSumayah Fallatah\nNjoud Alanbari \nRight: Abdulnasser Gharem\, Prosperity Without Growth II (2020)
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/the-gracefulness-of-daily-life/
LOCATION:Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery\, 796 Jumeirah Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20240507T125208Z
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SUMMARY:Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert
DESCRIPTION:The second (of four) presentations in Dubai Opera’s Film Music Week features a screening of the first Star Wars movie from 1977 (feeling old yet?)\, featuring one of John Williams’ most stirring scores. It’s accompanied live by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Dubai Festival Chorus\, conducted by Anthony Gabriele. There are performances at 2pm and 8pm. \nThere are deals to be had if you want to attend two or more of the concerts. One of them must be The Kid\, but otherwise you can get a 10% discount on two performances; 15% on three; and 20% on all four.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/star-wars-a-new-hope-in-concert/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera
CATEGORIES:Cine-concert
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
DTSTAMP:20240507T132554Z
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SUMMARY:Entrusted Ground
DESCRIPTION:The final performances of this 40-minute dance performance\, conceived as part of artist Gözde İlkin’s installation in the current NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery exhibition In Real Time (which ends on 9 June). It’s a collaboration between İlkin\, choreographer Aslı Öztürk\, musician Berke Can Özcan\, and NYUAD Art Gallery’s curator Duygu Demir; it features dancers Barış Diker\, Alara Erdem and Umut Özdaloğlu. Demir says the installation is conceived as “a home to homeless stones\, a shift for dancers and twigs\, a prayer for fractures\, or a dream enveloped in echoes that come from the four corners of the world … On the one hand\, the installation is a landscape painting stretched to three dimensions\, on the other\, it is a stage for sound and movement”. \nThe performance\, like the installation\, revolves around the classical elements of fire\, air\, earth\, and water. The dancers embody those elements\, tracing an abstract journey of transformation from dust to the human\, and beyond. Öztürk’s choreography\, informed by somatic bodywork\, takes cues from the imagery of İlkin’s two-dimensional textile works\, carrying them into the three-dimensional space\, and activates the artist’s soft sculptures with movement to create moving landscapes. Berke Can Özcan’s music combines the soundscape of the field recordings he created for the Entrusted Ground installation with sections from his previous album\, Mountains are Mountains. \nThe performance takes place at 12pm and 5pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/entrusted-ground-2/
LOCATION:NYUAD Art Gallery\, Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T130000
DTSTAMP:20240507T113756Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop | Object Lessons: Bad Diaspora Poems
DESCRIPTION:Led by poet and researcher Momtaza Mehri\, this writing workshop traces what diaspora means as a space of both collectivity and tension. Paryicipants are invited to “write around\, and through\, objects that represent the inward facing\, closely-held relationship we have to our diaspora” and each should bring along an object that speaks to their time in the Gulf as a site of centuries-deep diasporic encounters and frissons.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/writing-workshop-object-lessons-bad-diaspora-poems/
LOCATION:Alserkal Arts Foundation\, Warehouse 50/51\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T163000
DTSTAMP:20240416T092022Z
CREATED:20240416T091911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T092022Z
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SUMMARY:Circa: Duck Pond
DESCRIPTION:A second performance (of three) for this exuberant take on Swan Lake (with a hint of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling) that mixes the enchantment of the ballet with the thrill of the circus. Australia’s Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the globe’s leading performance companies\, pioneering how extreme physicality can create powerful and moving performances and drawing rave reviews and standing ovations across six continents since its foundation in 2006; Duck Pond is one of the company’s most ambitious works yet\, full of Circa’s signature physicality and shot through with cheeky humour\, colourful surrealism\, and a thoroughly contemporary energy. You’ll see a clumsy film crew\, a sequinned flipper-wearing army of ducks\, and a burlesque black swan in this tale of identity and finding your true self; there are sumptuous aerials\, enchanting duets\, jaw-dropping acrobatics\, and many\, many feathers … \nThe final performance is on 12 May at 3pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/circa-duck-pond-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Circus
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T220000
DTSTAMP:20240507T105118Z
CREATED:20240507T104528Z
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SUMMARY:Alserkal Community Lane Takeover
DESCRIPTION:Alserkal Avenue is being taken over for this weekend’s evenings by a food festival involving the Avenue’s own F&B outlets and a mass of invited incomers. Should be good – and the highlight of the first evening will probably be a live gig from Jindi. Born and raised in the UAE\, the award-winning Sudanese singer/songwriter has crafted a distinctive and highly danceable take on Afrobeat. He’s known for his electrifying live performances\, so this al fresco intro to his new album Reign and Fire should make for a great evening; “across the album\, Jindi’s ability to traverse diverse cultures shines through a fusion of genres\, from RnB and Dancehall to Afrobeat\, creating a global resonance” opines the PR blurb. In magpie’s view the standout track is HASSA\, created with top Nigerian producer MasterKraft. He’s on at 7pm and we’re promised an hour or so from him; otherwise there will be DJs\, including The Flip Side’s Shadi Megallaa
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/alserkal-community-lane-takeover/
LOCATION:Alserkal Avenue\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Food,Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T193000
DTSTAMP:20240507T115551Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talks | Sheher\, Prakriti\, Devi
DESCRIPTION:Ishara Art Foundation presents talks by Gauri Gill\, Shefalee Jain and Mariam Suhail with their first public presentations in the UAE – the ongoing exhibition Sheher\, Prakriti\, Devi\, which Gauri Gill has curated. Moderated by media and culture theorist Rashmi Devi Sawhney and curator Sabih Ahmed\, the talks (and the following Q&As) delve into the complexities of the artists’ respective practices\, exploring the concepts and contexts that shape their work. The schedule kicks off with a tour of the exhibition (led by Gill) at Ishara Art Foundation (5-5.20pm) followed by the talks in Alserkal Arts Foundation’s Common Room\, Warehouse 51 – Gauri Gill talks with Sawhney between 5.30 and 6.30pm\, then Shefalee Jain and Mariam Suhail are moderated by Sabih Ahmed from 6.30 to 7.30pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/artist-talks-sheher-prakriti-devi/
LOCATION:Alserkal Arts Foundation\, Warehouse 50/51\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T203000
DTSTAMP:20240507T100339Z
CREATED:20240507T100240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T100339Z
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SUMMARY:Soiree Stand-Up Parisien
DESCRIPTION:A second evening of top Francophone comedy with Nassim Mellah\, Benito\, and Malcolm & Syphax. There’s drinks and nibbles at 6.30pm\, the show starts at 7pm. AF members pay AED 100\, the rest of us AED 125.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/soiree-stand-up-parisien-2/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T213000
DTSTAMP:20240508T104040Z
CREATED:20240508T104028Z
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SUMMARY:Natalie Perez and Ina Charuashvili
DESCRIPTION:The elegant French mezzo-soprano is joined on piano by Ina Charuashvili for the latest in this series of recitals for the Global Notes series\, a programme curated by Amira Fouad that features young stars from around the world with a mix of favourite music\, classical masterpieces\, and lesser-known gems.
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/natalie-perez-and-ina-charuashvili/
LOCATION:Dubai Opera Studio\, Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Recital
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240511T220000
DTSTAMP:20240124T090710Z
CREATED:20240124T090710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T090710Z
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SUMMARY:Aurie Styla: The Aurator Tour
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning comedian\, actor and writer from London with a load of style\, a Spirit of the (Edinburgh) Fringe Award for 2022\, a distinctive voice (he’s the worldwide voice of Pintrest\, among others)\, and a neat line in wit for tech and gaming among his interests. One to watch.\n \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/staging4/event/aurie-styla-the-aurator-tour/
LOCATION:Theatre by QE2\, Queen Elizabeth 2\, Port Rashid\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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