Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Reconnect. An Online Series
Bridge the Social Distance
Relive the performances in your home.
Bring the performances into your home.
Through online streaming, The Arts Center’s new Reconnect. series showcases several of the amazing performances from our first five years. Every week we will stream a show from our archives via our Facebook page, allowing you to stay connected while maintaining physical isolation. Bridge the distance, tune in, watch, chat, and share. We look forward to seeing each and everyone of you online.
Given the incredible global challenge facing our families, colleagues and organizations due to COVID-19, many cultural spaces, institutions and museums had to close their doors to practice social distancing and avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. As an organization that is constantly looking at ways to promote and support local creative talent, the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development initiated the #CultureUpFront hashtag on social media channels to allow creative spaces to continue their dynamic programming, but rethink of ways to bring it to the audience worldwide that are now, more than ever, present online.
Previously in this Event Series

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
DATA NOT FOUND - Kaki King
Middle East Debut - Co-commissioned by The Arts Center - NYUAD Class of 2020 Choice
Revisit a multimedia concert by visionary guitarist and composer Kaki King in DATA NOT FOUND, a gripping meditation on the data we live with, and the data we leave behind.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Ethiopian Dreams - Circus Abyssinia
Family Matinee - Members Choice
Relive the Circus: Heart-stopping acrobatics, juggling, clowning, and contortion to live music.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
ink - Camille A. Brown & Dancers
UAE Debut
Revisit Camille A. Brown’s ink: a celebration of African American social dance.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Sufism vs Modernism - Fathy Salama with Sheikh Mahmoud Tohamy
The sounds and rhythms of traditional Sufi chanting and contemporary Arabian jazz
The Arab world’s only Grammy winner collaborates with the inspiring Egyptian Sufi chanter.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Holoscenes
Lars Jan / Early Morning Opera
Revisit Lars Jan’s Holoscenes, a beautifully captivating durational performance-installation that embodies the impact of climate change.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile
The Abu Dhabi Resonance Square Ritual. Commissioned by The Arts Center
Revisit more than six hours of highlights of the ground-breaking 27-hour “Ritual Groove Music” performance installation.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Al Burda Festival
Contemporary Visions of Islamic Music
Revisit the Musical Performances from Al Burda Festival

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Reconnect. Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower - The Concert Version
Created by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon
A mesmerizing theatrical work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on gender, race and the future of human civilization.

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Cuban-Khaleeji Project
Featuring Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra + Yazz Ahmed (Bahrain / UK) + Boom.Diwan (Kuwait / UAE) + Malika Zarra (Morocco / France) + Ali Obaid (UAE)
Revisit this one of a kind musical journey exploring the traditions and sounds of seafaring cultures from the Gulf and North Africa to Cuba.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
47SOUL
Electro Arabic Dabke (Shamstep)
Revisit 47SOUL’s Electro Arabic Dabke (Shamstep) sound

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
Maysoon Zayid
Stand-up Comedy
Revisit the hilarious Maysoon Zayid’s Abu Dhabi Debut.

Watching Performances from our Archives. Together.
CARTOGRAPHY - Kaneza Schaal & Christopher Myers
Part of World Refugee Day
Revisit CARTOGRAPHY, an exploration of our lives through the lens of four refugees