Major modern and contemporary Art Fair

Major new Fashion Fair. The ADACH Designer Sponsorship scheme showcases the very best up and coming Emirati designer talent and businesses and includes supporting 6 Emirati Emerging Designers on the catwalk and with exhibit stands and sponsoring the "UAE Young Fashion Designer Of The Year Award"

Annual competition and workshops for local, regional and international photographers

Launch of the Academy with the new National Theatre space and in association with Istanbul

FILM

Annual competition for local and regional film makers

PERFORMING ARTS

A year- long program of contemporary World performance focusing on music, and dance. This project showcases an elite selection of renowned performers from around the world, selected="true"="true"="true"="true"="true" for their cultural and musical resonance with Abu Dhabi’s social fabric and in support of our programming policy and developing strategic initiatives

Phase one of our first dance commission involves choreographer Akram Khan in a two week residency with local musicians from the Beit al Oud and two performances (2009-10); Phase two, is the international production of a new piece inspired by the heritage of the Arab world and using Arab performers, designers and musicians (2010-11)

Phase one of our music commission in 2009 was Kamal Mussalam and Sokhoor al Magabeel collaboration and recording production. Phase two involves master Tunisian instrumentalist and composer Tariq Banzi in a two-week residency with local musicians from the Bait al Oud, with the aim of performing on stage at WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010

Phase one of our theatre commission in 2010 involves an educational program of workshops for local theatre practitioners to result in a new theatre piece.  This production will effectively be the first initiative of the Performing Arts Biennale and will be curated by Tarek Abou el Fetouh and local partners

A year-long program of Classical western performance focusing on music and dance

A year- long program of performance focusing on Arabic music. This project showcases an elite selection of classical and contemporary Arab performers in support of our programming policy and our developing strategic initiatives

Annual festival of Arabic music, lectures and workshops on the musical heritage of the Middle East

Major annual festival of world music

An educational program of arts for children (visual and performing) in local and international Abu Dhabi schools, leading up to WOMAD festival’s opening night and other activities

Tuesday 2 - Sunday 7/ Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2010

Tuesday 9/ AA Classics/ Celebrating Schumann & Chopin - Valentina Listsa

Thursday 11/ AA Classics/ Mozarteum Orchstra Salzburg

Thursday 11/ World Stage/ Enzo Avitabile (Music, Italy)

Saturday 13/ AA Classics/ Mozart,  La Finta Giadiniera - ladies only

April

Thursday 8/ World Stage/ Anoushka Shankar (Music, India)

Thursday 29/ Sounds of Arabia concert (tba)

May

Thursday 20/ World Stage/ Ling Cheng (Music, China)