Past Events
A Festival of World Music
Festival: Barzakh Festival - 2019
Diverse global cultural streams come together on 1 stage for 2 days
4 bands over 2 days: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 / Alsarah & The Nubatones, Mar 6 @ 7:30pm | Lekhfa (Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca & Tamer AbuGhazaleh) & Altin Gün, Mar 8 @ 7:30pm
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2 Part Workshop
Reconstructing Traditional Music & The Making of Lekhfa
Part of Barzakh Festival
An interactive workshop where Tamer AbuGhazaleh, Maryam Saleh and Maurice Louca will dissect several tracks.
Past Event
Global musicians in conversation
Arts Chat
Presented in partnership with the Center for Career Development at NYUAD
Barzakh Festival global musicians in conversation
Past Event
The NYUAD Music Program Presents
ElectroFest 2019
Mini Festival
A vibrant multidisciplinary mini festival of cutting-edge electronic music, video art, sound art and improvisation.
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
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
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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.
5th Annual Edition
Festival: Imagine Science Film Festival
Feature films, experimental shorts, talks + exhibition
Crisis. Entropy. Extinction. Survival -- the theme for the 5th annual edition of Imagine Science Film Festival Abu Dhabi.
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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!
Past Event
Durub Al Tawaya collection of performances
Remote Abu Dhabi
Theater by Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi, Jörg Karrenbauer)
A performance walk in the streets and different venues in the city.
Past Event
NYUAD Attitude Dance Recital Vol IX
Attitude Dance Recital IX
Dance
This semester's Attitude Recital is bigger and better than ever.