Weaving Arabic and English language poetry with projected images and movement, Al Raheel | Departure is a world premiere contemporary theater work that explores innocence, womanhood, and grief.
When / Friday, Jan 24 @ 8pm & Saturday, Jan 25 @ 2pm & 8pm
Where / The Black Box
Created by Emirati writer Reem Almenhali and American director Joanna Settle, co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi and Cultural Foundation.
Innocence, womanhood, and grief are explored in this production, which reflects on a body that stays while a world changes.
The performance has been collaboratively developed from a series of poems written in response to women persisting and developing across childhood, womanhood, and aging.
Al Raheel | Departure is co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi and Cultural Foundation.
The performance is bilingual in Arabic and English, but will not be strictly translated. To accomplish a bilingual performance (vs a translated performance), it makes use of live and projected language in both Arabic and English to explore the bi-cultural reality of contemporary young Emirati women.
This performance is recommended for ages 14+.
24 & 25 January, NYUAD Arts Center
