Reading The Room
- October 17, 2026
Whenever We Cross!
- October 16, 2026
Seven Deaths
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Tá Brón Orm is a metaphoric narrative rooted in the context of historical Ireland. Performed by Ahmed Ghareeb, Sara Gabr, and Shady Abdelrahman, the work expresses a global grief over the loss of language and culture brought about by extreme...
The Fallen follows the story of the last fairy of Ireland, who was captured by a Catholic king and hung to death for his own amusement. Tasked with the revival of the old pagan Irish ways, the new king tears...
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“Borders” is a word that can stop you in your tracks. It can hold you back, pinpoint your location, or separate you from where you hope to go next. But what do borders really mean? Are they simply lines drawn...
Reading the Room, a site-specific contemporary dance performance by Hungarian dancer and choreographer Imre Vass, invites the audience to tune into a deeper frequency of attention in order to witness the unfolding of the room’s journey. In this performance, Vass...
The gaze is always directed towards the sky. Jacopo Valentini is a visual artist and researcher who explores landscape in a way that transcends the mere representation of a place and perceives it as a complex system of relationships between...
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In Everynothing, three dancers search for moments of stillness and clarity in a precarious world that never stops moving. They explore what it means to stay alert, yet at ease, to rest while in motion, and to find space where...
Upcoming
“Borders” is a word that can stop you in your tracks. It can hold you back, pinpoint your location, or separate you from where you hope to go next. But what do borders really mean? Are they simply lines drawn...
The gaze is always directed towards the sky. Jacopo Valentini is a visual artist and researcher who explores landscape in a way that transcends the mere representation of a place and perceives it as a complex system of relationships between...
Upcoming
The Tulun Mosque photography exhibition, by Egyptian-French photographer Ayman Khoury, features a unique visual and photographic depiction of the oldest mosque in Egypt still standing. Built in the 9th century CE on Mount Yashkur by architect Said ibn Katib al-Farghani,...
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Seven Deaths is a cinematic installation in which the world-renowned performance artist Marina Abramović stages death through seven of the most iconic female roles in opera history. Set to arias from seven different operas sung by the legendary opera diva...
Tá Brón Orm is a metaphoric narrative rooted in the context of historical Ireland. Performed by Ahmed Ghareeb, Sara Gabr, and Shady Abdelrahman, the work expresses a global grief over the loss of language and culture brought about by extreme...
The Fallen follows the story of the last fairy of Ireland, who was captured by a Catholic king and hung to death for his own amusement. Tasked with the revival of the old pagan Irish ways, the new king tears...
Upcoming
Reading the Room, a site-specific contemporary dance performance by Hungarian dancer and choreographer Imre Vass, invites the audience to tune into a deeper frequency of attention in order to witness the unfolding of the room’s journey. In this performance, Vass...
In Everynothing, three dancers search for moments of stillness and clarity in a precarious world that never stops moving. They explore what it means to stay alert, yet at ease, to rest while in motion, and to find space where...
Upcoming
What can we pass on when we have lost everything? Drawing on his memories, Palestinian artist Mohammed Al Qudwa transforms exile into words and pain into movement. Having lived through successive wars in Gaza from childhood into adulthood, he carries...
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Knife Hearts is an international co-production between Egypt and Germany, which brings together four dancers—three Egyptian and one Turkish-German—who challenge Western definitions of dance and performance, as well as the expectations imposed on them. Drawing on raqs sharqi, mahraganat, and...
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