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PNBs Digital Season continues from May 6th to May 10th 2021 with a delightful archival recording from 2016 of PNBs production of George Balanchines "Coppélia", choreographed by Mr. B and Alexandra Danilova to the music of Léo Delibes. Back in 2014, I wrote a BWW Dance review of the ballet as danced by the New York City Ballet, and I can attest that PNBs production is equally superb. Digital tickets are available at https://order.pnb.org/digital/rep5. I promise that the whole family will enjoy...

An ensemble of actors and actresses with Denvers Phamaly Theatre Company—the troupe featured in the documentary There’s Still Hope for Dreams: A PHAMALY Story, streaming May 5–8 at the ReelAbilities: Denver Film Festival. Photo courtesy of Phamaly Theatre Company The ReelAbilities Film Festival Makes Its Mile High City Debut This Week The international festival, which runs May 5–8, will feature a lineup of events and award-winning films by, for, and about people with various disabiliti...

The film looks not just at disability, but also intersecting issues of gender, race, sexuality and class, and how they play into what types of disabled characters we see — and don’t see. The doc takes on how disability informs tropes like the Magical Negro, how blind women are represented as sexual objects to conquer, and how blind men are often shown fighting and driving cars — two of the only ways that Hollywood knows how to demonstrate virility. And when it comes to people with disabil...

Allah picked out and illuminated in gold, green and red. Signed and dated lower left, the reverse plain, mounted. Signed Mati, dated AH 1431/2009-10 AD. 28⅛ x 28⅛ in (71.5 x 71.5 cm) including margins. Estimate: £5,000-7,000. Offered in Calligraphy: Art In Writing, until 7 April 2021, Online There are three key elements in Islamic art: geometry, arabesque and calligraphy, and they are used separately or together to create intricate designs. ‘Calligraphy is at the top of the hierarchy,’...

There are so many cool things to do this week… Arm yourself with a pen and flip over to the brand new week of your diary and jot down some fun things you can do in the capital this week. From tucking into a delicious stack of peanut butter pancakes to taking a walk with nature and soaking in the last of the cool weather, there’s so much you can get up to this week. Here are six fun things to do in Abu Dhabi this week Sunday February 28 Try the new menu at Gourmet Burger Kitchen Say goodbye...

Boring theater focuses on minimalist shows for limited audiences Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Co. prepares spring show of short plays for March 19-21 Sticking with the theme of minimalist theater, Nutz-n-Boltz Theater Co. will host a weekend of short plays for a limited audience in the spring. From March 19-21, a cast of six will put on the contemporary play "All in the Timing," which consists of multiple shorter pieces. "All in the Timing is a contemporary play, with a nod to the minimalist...

Louvre Abu Dhabi’s show displays the universal language of inspiration 21 Feb 2021 Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Abstraction and Calligraphy — Towards a Universal Language, Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first international exhibition of 2021 (Feb. 17 – June 12), invites visitors to explore the dawn of modern abstraction through sign and symbol, traces its origins to Asian and Arabic calligraphy and charts sites of mutual inspiration and art and cultural exchange around the world. Cu...