What to expect from the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival 2021
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What to expect from the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival 2021
The ongoing ninth edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival will play a pivotal role in reviving the country’s impacted arts and culture sector
February 7, 2021
With the biting economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, the arts – expectedly – took a body blow and was consigned low down on the priority list of sectors that needed to be revived. Nonetheless, it is clawing its way back. The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai returned in January, as will the region’s largest affordable art fair World Art Dubai in April.
× Saturday, Feb 6 @ 8pm Abu Dhabi | International start times: Johannesburg - 6pm | London - 4pm | New York - 11am | Los Angeles - 8am | Where / Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and their website
The Khaleej meets South Africa Boom.Diwan x Nduduzo Makhathini
An immersive ritual of music rooted in Khaleeji pearl diving traditions meeting South African jazz: Online Concert and Artist Talk.
For this performance, Boom.Diwan will collaborate with and feature special guest pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, the first ever South African musician signed to the legendary Blue Note Records. The two are composing a suite that will be performed as an immersive ritual of music, the visual, and dance that takes into account ideas about the self, the community, and the spiritual in the face of modernity. The music touches on ideas of cosmopolitanism, community, dialogue, and healing.
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi Announces the Launch of the Fifth Annual Barzakh Festival
Three globally renowned groups will feature in the ambitious three-day online event brought to life through music and in-depth conversations with the artists.by BWW News Desk
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi has announced the return of Barzakh Festival for its fifth edition; the event will be streamed online for three nights on February 1, 3, and 6. The cross-cultural lineup features three globally renowned groups who encapsulate The Arts Center s theme for the season A Bridge , and speaks to the globally observed Black History Month, which takes place every February.