Past Events / Past Festivals
Past Event
Season 7
Rooftop Rhythms
Poetry / Spoken Word / Original Music
The Middle East’s longest-running poetry open mic night
Past Event
World Premiere commissioned by The Arts Center
Cuban-Khaleeji Project - Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra + guests
With guests Yazz Ahmed (Bahrain - UK) + Boom.Diwan (Kuwait) + Malika Zarra (Morocco - France) + Ali Obaid (UAE)
A musical exploration of the Arab, Moorish, and North African roots of Afro Latin and Afro Cuban music, and its links to the seafaring music of the Arabian Gulf.
Past Event
UAE Debut
Mambo - Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Valentine’s Day Dance and Mambo Dance Lesson
Relive the Palladium era of classic mambo with a Valentines dance starring four-time Grammy-award winner Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Past Event
CinemaNA - Contemporary Arab Cinema Series
Written, Directed, and Produced by Humaid Alsuwaidi
Musk
Presented by Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and the NYUAD Film and New Media Program
A cynical divorced man tries to reconcile with his 12-year-old aloof son.
Past Event
UAE Debut
Autobiography - Company Wayne McGregor
Contemporary Dance
A cycle of choreographic portraits based on McGregor’s genomic sequence, illuminated through dance + live electronic music by JLin
Past Event
Presented by the NYUAD Music Program
An Evening of Piano with Ioannis Potamousis and Guest Pianist Matthew Quayle
Piano Concert
Piano Recital with Ioannis Potamousis and guest Matthew Quayle, featuring works by Mozart, Debussy, Hadjidakis, Ravel, and Liszt.
Past Event
Imagine Science Film Festival
Feature Film and Awards Ceremony
The Experimental City
Preceded by a Gallery Talk and the short film Seoul Machine City
The Minnesota Experimental City project was a futuristic attempt to solve urban problems by creating a full-size city from scratch in the isolated woods of northern Minnesota.
Past Event
Imagine Science Film Festival
Shorts Film Program - Family Matinee
Conversations with Nature
7 Short Films - Preceded by a Gallery Talk
Sensations of plants! Oryxes going home! Unique human-animal bonds!
Past Event
Imagine Science Film Festival
Shorts Film Program
Evolving Eyes and Revised Societies
7 Short Films - Preceded by a Gallery Talk
How we see the world shapes the world in turn.
Past Event
Imagine Science Film Festival
Feature Film
K2 and the Invisible Footmen
Preceded by the short film Ex Nihilo
Located on the border between Pakistan and China, K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth. For many climbers, it is an even greater prize than Everest, with limited routes, a steeper ascent, and a harder push to its summit.
Past Event
Imagine Science Film Festival
Opening Feature
Three Identical Strangers
Preceded by the short film Mira
Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families.
Past Event
4th Annual Edition
Short+Sweet Abu Dhabi 2019
Theater
Welcome to the world of Short+Sweet. A more creative world – ten-minutes at a time!