Arab Arts Focus – Summerhall – Open Minds Open Doors

Institutions Pitch Session

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:49 +0000

The Arab region is witnessing the rise of several institutions dedicated to funding, developing, and promoting the work of confirmed and emerging independent artists from the Middle East and North Africa.

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How to Support Arab Performing Arts Beyond Funding Programs?

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:48 +0000

The discussion on how to support Arab artists often focuses on the challenges of securing sustainable sources of funding for new productions.

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Forever Arab?

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:42 +0000

Discusses how notions of identity, nationality and politics influence the creations and reception of Arab theatre makers. As artists increasingly work internationally, does ‘being an Arab’ ease or complicate to get your works seen?

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Decolonizing the representation of contemporary Arab narratives

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:38 +0000

Can Arab performing artists use the stage to give different perceptions of their homes, struggles, and lives as human beings? Is it possible for a Syrian or Iraqi playwright to put on paper a simple love story? And isn’t a love story also an expression of time as experienced by its author?

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Artists Pitch Session

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:27 +0000

The AAF invites you to meet some of the most exciting Arab theatre makers and choreographers working today in Cairo, Beirut, Paris and Marrakech.

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The Spoken and the Unspoken: Engaging Politics Through Performance

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:25 +0000

Arab Arts Focus Talks Programme supported by Tamasi Collective for the Performing Arts and curated by Jumana Al-Yasiri, Sundance Institute Theatre Programme.

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The Geopolitics of the Arab Dancing Body

Cat Thomson — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:07:22 +0000

A reflection on the non-verbal political discourse, identity issues, negotiation between contemporaneity and traditions, and gender prejudices carried by the Arab dancing body.

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Your Love Is Fire

richardx — Sun, 07 May 2017 09:05:07 +0000

Daily life in the Syrian war. The disappointed illusion that change is around the corner. It's about those who remain silent, who don’t take a stance but are then eaten up by inner conflicts.

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The Second Copy: 2045

Tom Forster — Fri, 05 May 2017 11:05:55 +0000

Set as a fictional documentary in 2045, the character of Youness Atbane observes the dynamics of contemporary art in Morocco. In view of this, Atbane creates an archive about Moroccan art production from 2000 to now.

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Chill Habibi

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:49 +0000

A cabaret with the best performance the Arab World and Scotland have to offer! Expect words, music, comedy and otherness from new and established artists, including David Greig, Julia Taudevin and Karl Sharro.

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