Arab World and its Diaspora
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Includes Four Events in Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Southeast Michigan is home to a historic, celebrated, and diverse Arab community. This season, an expert advisory group composed of artists, scholars, and community leaders from our region has helped UMS co-curate a portfolio of performances by artists and ensembles from the Arab World and its Diaspora. Across these performances, we’ve tried to reflect a balance of geography, identity, genre, tradition, and experimentalism. We hope to create space for celebration and joy — and to offer just a glimpse of the breadth of performance by those who self-identify as Arab, Arab American, or as Arabs in America.
Please note: Due to COVID-19 impacted changes to the Fall 2020/21 season, this season ticket package is no longer available for sale. You may instead customize your own Series:You package of 3 or more events across the season — with a 10% savings and the ultimate flexibility for the months ahead.
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Layl (Night): A Performance by Ali Chahrour
Saturday, November 21, 2020 // 8:00 PM
Power Center
Lebanese choreographer and theater maker Ali Chahrour draws inspiration from Arabic stories, legends, and poems relating to love. Performed in Arabic with English supertitles.
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Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble
Sunday, November 22, 2020 // 4:00 PM
Rackham Auditorium
Farida Mohammad Ali has established a reputation throughout the Arab world for brilliant performances of the classical maqam, a form of Arab art music traditionally sung by men.
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National Arab Orchestra
Saturday, March 20, 2021 // 8:00 PM
Hill Auditorium
The National Arab Orchestra and Lebanese singer Abeer Nehme perform traditional classical canon of Arab music as well as newly arranged original works by contemporary Arab composers.
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Sahra: An Evening of Performance
Saturday, April 10, 2021 // 8:00 PM
Spot Lite (2905 Beaufait St., Detroit)
UMS’s 2020/21 Season Arab focus closes with an event in Detroit that brings together three wildly different performances representing the vast diversity of the Arab world.