Spring Festival "Crossing Boarders"

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

Main Office:
Spring Festival
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
34 rue Berckmans
1060 Bruxelles, Belgique

Regional Office:
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
43 Mequyass Street, Postal Code 11451, Rodha
P. O. Box 175
Mohandessin, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: +2 02 2362 5057
Fax: +2 02 2362 6748
Email: mawred@mawred.org

Festival Description

Spring Festival is a major multi-disciplinary art festival that will run simultaneously in Beirut and in Cairo during the whole month of May 2008. It is co-organized by “Culture Resource” in Egypt and “Shams Association” in Lebanon. Spring Festival’s sub-theme “Crossing Borders” aims at introducing to the Lebanese and Egyptian audience to a number of internationally well known singers, musicians, dancers, and writers from around the world. The theme expresses the ability of artists and writers to cross boundaries, not just in the political sense but also cultural and social boundaries. The profile page for the festival that takes place in Cairo http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/4852.html

Festival Dates May 22 - June 2, 2008
Festival Links

http://www.mawred.org
http://www.dawarshams.org

Festival Events:

Participants 2008:
  • Ahdaf Soueif (Egypt)
  • Alim Qasimov (Azerbaijan)
  • Cie_2k_far (Morocco)
  • Esperanza Fernandez (Spain)
  • Freshly Ground (South Africa)
  • Kayhan Kalhor (Iran)
  • Nasr Hamed Abouzeid (Egypt)
  • Pastora Gaivan (Spain)
  • Roni Barrak (Lebanon)
  • Simon Shaheen (Palestine)
  • Yaida Younes (Lebanon)

 

Schedule 2008:
  • Tuesday, May 20, at 8:30pm
    • “La Smala BB” contemporary dance performance by Khalid Benghrib and Cie 2K_Far (Morocco/France)
  • Friday, May 23, at 8:30pm
    • “Beat Appeal” concert -percussion- by Rony Barrak (Lebanon)
  • Saturday, May 24, at 5:00pm
    • Opening of cartoon exhibition “Meiroun 48” by young Palestinian artist Amal Kaawash (An Nakba 60th Anniversary). The exhibition continues until Saturday, May 31.
  • Saturday, May 24, at 6:00pm
    • Lecture “Palestine, memories and discoveries” by the writer Ahdaf Soueif (Egypt)
  • Monday, June 2, at 8:30pm
    • “Passage Games”, a Sound creation by Christelle Franca (France)
Venue:
  • Dawar Shams Theatre
    Tayyouneh round-about, near House of Donuts
Tickets:
  • Price = 5,000LL
  • Free entry for lecture and cartoon exhibition
  • For info and reservation, please call +961 01 381.290, or +961 03 035298

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