Meeting Points 5 - Beirut

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Country and Region Lebanon — Beirut
Type of Festival Dance, Drama, Music
Location of Festival Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Festival Address Information

Mailing address:
Ashkal Alwan
P. O. Box 175-268
Mar Mikhael
Beirut-Lebanon
Physical address:
Ain Mreisseh
Phoenicia Street
4th Floor, Saab Bldg. No. 2
(Facing Radisson Hotel)
Phone: +961 1 360251
Fax: +961 1 360251

Festival Description

Meeting Points 5 (MP5) is a contemporary arts festival that includes performances in dance, theatre, music, videos, films, and installations. This year 2007—(MP5) is curated by Frie Leysen assisted by Maha Maamoun who present a selection of artworks coming out of the Arab region and beyond. This fifth edition of the festival will take place in Amman, Damascus, Beirut, Ramallah, Cairo, Alexandria, El Minia, Tunis and Rabat as well as Brussels and Berlin. In Beirut, participating artists are: Khalil Rabah - (Ramallah); Bouchra Ouizguen (Marrakech); Amir Reza Koohestani (Shiraz); Muzaq/Selma and Sofiane Ouissi (Tunis); Sherif El Azma (Cairo); Wael Shawky (Alexandria); Bikya (Cairo); Sandra Madi (Amman); Nejib Belkadi (Tunis); Ali Essafi (Casablanca); Mohamed El-Roumi (Damascus); Meyar El Roumi - (Damascus); Grupa de Rua de Niteroi/Bruno Beltraõ (Rio de Janeiro); Hiroaki Umeda (Tokyo); TG Stan (Antwerp); and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Brussels).

Festival Dates November 1, 2007 - January 20, 2008
Festival Links

http://www.meetingpoints.org

Practical Info:

Venues in Beirut 2007:
  • Masrah al Madina—Saroulla Bldg., Hamra Street, Beirut
  • Metropolis Cinema—Al-Madina Theatre, Hamra Street, Saroulla Bldg., Beirut
  • Centre Estrale—Hamra Street, Beirut
  • Sunflower Theatre—Sami El-Solh Avenue, Tayouneh Roundabout, Kalot
  • Center—Ground Floor, Beirut
  • Zico House—174 Spears Street, Yamout Bldg., Beirut
  • Saint Joseph Church Crypt—Saint Joseph University Street, Ashrafieh, Beirut
  • The Basement—Saifi, Downtown Beirut
International festival locations 2007/2008:
  • Between November 1, 2007 - January 20, 2008 Meetings Points 5 travels to select locations that take part in the festival.
    • Alexandria, Egypt
    • Amman, Jordan
    • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Berlin, Germany
    • Brussels, Belgium
    • Cairo, Egypt
    • Damascus, Syria
    • Minia, Egypt
    • Rabat, Morocco
    • Tunis, Tunisia
    • Ramallah, Israel

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