Text: Igor Shevkun IN THIS SEASON, A LOT OF REASONS TO WALK A COCKTAIL DRESS AND MASSIVE JEWELERY. DARE DEMONSTRATE YOUR GOLD RESERVE AT EXHIBITIONS, FILM PREMIES, SAILING RACE AND GALA CONCERT OF ITALIAN OPERA.
May
Sailing Regatta Al Gaffal
An exciting sailing race kicks off on Sur Bou Naira Island, 50 nautical miles west of the UAE, where pearl seekers stopped many years ago after a long grueling sea voyage to meet with their families and relatives. It will end at the luxury hotel Burj Al Arab and the resort of Mina Seyahi. In 1991, the first Al-Ghaffal sailing regatta competition (boat length was 43 feet) took place, which turned into the UAE's main sporting event. This year, 100 traditional boats over 60 pounds in length and 3,000 participants will be presented to the audience.
March 7 - May 17
EXHIBITION "PICASSO AND PEACE, PASSION AND POETRY"
What is common between the two most expensive artists - Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró? The answer is extremely simple: friendship, country of birth and incredible talent. The artists were born with a difference of 12 years in the XIX century in Spain, both went after their dream - to become a famous artist - to Paris, where they met in 1920.
The exhibition "Picasso and Miro, Passion and Poetry", which was prepared for 18 months with the support of the Picasso Foundation and the Joan Miró Foundation, presents in chronological order a series of 20 stencils created by Picasso from 1904 to 1953, 267 lithographs, as well as sketches, ceramics and graphic drawings of artists. “The project was very complex and challenging,” says Dilyara Kamenova, organizer of the exhibition and founder of Alpha Soul. “Private collectors in Europe and America who have lent us these works have their own preferences when choosing companies with which they previously collaborated It was difficult to find a business partner, the right place for the exhibition, get the approval of the funds, and finally deliver the work to Dubai. "
You can buy tickets for the exhibition on the website dubai.platinumlist.net
Venue: Dubai, Burj Khalifa, The Annex Ground
May 2-3, MONTH OF ARTS OF BELARUS
The Embassy of the Republic of Belarus and the Art Hub have chosen 7 talented artists who will represent their country by creating contemporary works of contemporary art: paintings, sculptures, graphics, as well as works of decorative art. Talented artists Ilona Kosobuko, Maxim Makarevich, Polina Omelyanovich, Vasilisa Polyanina-Kalenda, Volha Kuvaeva, Julia Pakina and Tatyana Karpacheva, whose names are well known in Belarus and other republics and countries, will take part in the Belarusian Art Month.
Venue: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art Hub
April 28 - July 2
EMIRATES PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
The international photography exhibition Emirates Photography Competition will be held under the auspices of the International Federation of Art Photography and the Arab Photographers Union at three main venues: at the National Theater, at the Manarat Al Saadiyat Exhibition Center and at the Al Qattara Arts Center. Hurry to get acquainted with a series of the best works in the genres of portfolio, black-and-white and digital photography.
Venue: Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiayat
April 5 - May 3
MONTH OF ARTS MOROCCO
The Art Hub Center has launched a 30-day program for Moroccan artists, which is already gaining memorial value: the Abu Dhabi business center simply cannot but inspire them to create art objects. The artists Nadir Abdelatif, Mustafa Bakkhchi, Mohamed Zaidi, Abdelfett Hrauy and Hafid El Badri will most clearly show themselves under the supervision of a mentor Lamia Menhal, who will look into the future of Manhattan in the Middle East.
Venue: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art Hub
May 3-7
ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL JEWELERY & WATCH SHOW
Without white diamonds of classical cut, grouped in a necklace, bracelets, rings and earrings, there will be no celebration. The organizers of the exhibition Abu Dhabi International Jewelery & Watch Show are aware of this, because 35 jewelry brands from 17 countries act under its banner. You will admire the geometry of flowers and leaves on earrings with pink diamonds, a necklace on a barely noticeable platinum chain combining cabochon cut diamonds and aquamarines, as well as watches encrusted with precious stones that ask for a thin wrist.
Venue: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center
May 19
PREMIERE OF THE FILM "FREE STATE OF JONES"
Behind the manifestos of the historical drama "The Free State of Jones" by Gary Ross (the creator of the paintings The Hunger Games, Big), there is more to it than just pathos and naked truth. The new film is a dramatic story of the poor farmer Newton Knight of Mississippi (played by Matthew McConaughey), who in 1862 led a group of deserters from the Confederate army, raising a rebellion against slavery. While they are located in Jones County, the seductive slave Rachel (Gugu Mbata Row) appears on the horizon, wishing to join Knight's rebellion. Racing for escaped slaves, a budget of $ 65 million, filming in New Orleans and Lafayette - these are the ingredients of the main film of the year, which film critics prophesy "Oscar" in several categories at once.
may 13
LA VIE EN ROSE CONCERT WITH WORLD CLASSICAL MUSIC SERIES
In the world of classical music, the Dubai Concert Committee and M Premiere are known for inviting the best opera artists. At the Life in Pink concert, French singer Sarah Guzi (soprano), a bachelor of the Berlin Higher School of Music, and Spanish tenor Joel Prito, who won three prizes at the Placido Domingo Operailia competition in 2008, will perform at the concert. Within the framework of one concert, the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt will be performed, and after the intermission, the compositions of Louis Guglielmi, Agustin Lara and Francis Pulenko.
Location: Dubai, One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel
May 18-21
DUBAI TANGO FESTIVAL
We have been tormented for a long time by a riddle: where do the talents of the Argentine tango reveal? We dare to assume that at the four-day tango festival Dubai Tango Festival, where for the eighth time seminars and master classes by Alejandra Mantignan and Aonikena Cuiroga, Ariadne Navier and Fernando Sanchez, Gizela Natoli and Gustavo Rosas, who became the faces of the festival and are not afraid of exhausting work, will be held to the rhythm of tango. Check out the Dubai Tango Festival - see for yourself.
Venue: Dubai, The Meydan Hotel
16th of May
MATTIAS GERNE CONCERT "WINTER WAY"
In mid-May, German opera singer Matthias Guerne (baritone) will enter Abu Dhabi, who has been living on the stage for such 26 different years for such different lives of his characters - King Lear, Eugene Onegin, Orestes, Prince of Homburg, Prometheus and Bluebeard. He was applauded in the famous concert halls of the world - Carnegie Hall, Pleyel and in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. This time in the program of Matthias Guerne, the second song cycle of Franz Schubert “The Winter Way” and the compositions of the German romantic poet Wilhelm Müller are peculiar to the best of.
Venue: Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat
May 20
CONCERT OF ARMYNE VAN BUREN
A favorite of the public, Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren will arrive in Dubai with a concert as part of the upcoming Armin Only Embrace world tour. The reason for the performance was his latest album Embrace, with its inherent production brilliance, a diabolical spark, experiments with various musical instruments and genres: trance, jazz, rock and Latin American music. The corporate identity of Van Buren is intricately intertwined with European electronics of the German duo Cosmic Gate, DJ Hardwell and Dutch musician Eric Vloeymens. At his speech, trance king Armin van Buuren promises to perform the famous hits Blue Fear and Communication. Spectators are waiting for excellent sound, light and amazing cocktails.
Venue: Dubai, Meydan Grandstand and Racecourse, Nad Al Sheba
26 of May
PREMIERE FILM "PEOPLE X: APOKALIPSIS"
The success of the film "X-Men: Days of Future Past" encouraged director Brian Singer and producer Simon Kinberg to continue the fantastic action movie. X-Men: Apocalypse is a new film about the adventures of the X-Men superhero team entering the mortal battle in the 80s with an ancient mutant, the immortal and invincible Apocalypse, which could lead to death of humanity. And again, in the role of the mutant Magneto, who controls magnetic fields and metal, the frustrated Michael Fassbender, plus the star landing - Jennifer Lawrence (Mystic), James McAvoy (Professor X), Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse), Olivia Mann (Psylock), Evan Peters ( Mercury). Meet at the premiere of the film "The true birth of the X-Men," according to the director himself.
26 of May
GALA CONCERT OF ITALIAN OPERA
The company Italian Industry & Commerce Office in the UAE decided to spend an evening of Italian opera at the center of theatrical art and creativity of DUCTAC. The program includes virtuoso arias Monica De Rosa Mackay (soprano) and tenor Jean Luca Pazolini, accompanied by a piano by Larisa Kapatina and Vitaliy Mikhaylyuk. Italy’s golden voices will be performed by the most “hit” classical pieces - Norma Bellini, Donizetti's Love Drink and Puccini's Tosca.
Location: Dubai, DUCTAC
May 20
EMIRATES NBD CLASSICS REPRESENTS HANI NASER
At the fifth festival in a row, Emirates NBD Classics will be given a concert by percussionist and performer in oud Hani Nasser (Jordan). “The true wizard of rhythm” - this is what his music critics Los Angeles Time call him, noting the unusual manner of playing the musician, famous for recordings with rock musician Nicky Hopkins (ex Rolling Stones), Jackson Brown, Bonnie Wright, Jim Keltner (drummer John Lennon) and many other musicians. “There is a universal rhythm with which I constantly try to keep in touch,” says Hani Nasser. “We are vibrations that sometimes leave the synchronization zone. The music I found returns this balance.” That is why his concert is of undoubted interest.
Venue: Dubai, DUCTAC (Dubai Community Theater and Arts Center), Mall of the Emirates, Al Barsha 1
June July
RAMADAN
The observance of Lent, prayers after sunrise, the time of good deeds during the holy festival of Ramadan, which takes place in the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is an important event for Muslim believers in the UAE.
Iftar - every day from 19:00 to 21:00, Sukhur - from 21:00 to 3:00 (4:00 on weekends).
Ramadan in 2016 begins on June 11 and ends on July 10.
June 23 - July 2
RAMADAN NIGHT MARKET
Merchants from around the world come here to present exquisite jewelry, fragrances, cosmetics, clothing collections and the best accessories in the world, ahead of fashion for the whole season. More than 125 thousand visitors in 10 days who shop, replenish the refrigerator with real delicacies, admire the exhibition of masterpieces of the rich cultural heritage of the UAE, and finally, find out how Dubai lives in the midst of summer. Schedule: from 20.00 to 2.00.
Venue: Dubai, Dubai World Trade Center, Sheikh Zayed Road
June 4th
DUBAI DESERT ROAD RUN
Dubai Desert Road Run announces a 10 km race for adults and adolescents over 14 years of age, and also invites to a 3 km race in which children and teenagers from 6 to 18 years old can take part. The winners will be three men and women (of any age) who ran to the finish line first in the 10 km race, who are waiting for popular recognition and generous prizes.
Venue: Dubai, The Sevens Stadium, Al Ain Road, E66
