100% FREEAnd What Did You Say? — gossip becomes a live dance performance
Watch three performers turn the journey of a rumour into movement and speech in Taus Makhacheva’s performance for the National Pavilion UAE. Originally conceived for the Venice Biennale, this one-hour work comes to The Yard at Alserkal Avenue for two free performances.
Daria L performing Kinder Theory in 2015, photographed by Jim Lamberson. Representative modern-dance image from a different production; it does not show Taus Makhacheva’s work, the Dubai performers or The Yard.
Al Quoz, Dubai · The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, 4 17th Street, Al Quoz, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When to go
Sunday 22 November 2026: 15:00–16:00 or 17:00–18:00. Book the performance you plan to attend.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Age guidance not published; confirm child suitability · Free General Admission · advance booking for the chosen performance · confirm child suitability
The current original programme and both organiser-owned Eventbrite detail and ticket-selection pages state no numerical age limit. No all-ages or whole-family entitlement is inferred.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Reserve a free General Admission place for the 15:00 or 17:00 performance using its matching Eventbrite link. Both public ticket selectors showed a zero total at the check; availability can change and no place is guaranteed.
- Each performance lasts one hour. The two showings are the same work and count as one free thing; arrive for the time on your ticket.
- No purchase, paid companion, membership or paid follow-on service is stated as a condition. This is a cultural performance, not a class or introductory session.
- Numerical age guidance is not published. Confirm child suitability with the organiser before booking; the work explores gossip and its social consequences.
- The Yard is at Alserkal Avenue, 4 17th Street, Dubai. No refreshments, gifts, parking or other paid activities are included.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 10 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
10 November 2026: inspected the original Alserkal performance page and current Art Week programme, then followed both original Eventbrite links in live Chrome. Each event is organised by Alserkal Avenue at The Yard in Dubai; the detail pages give 22 November 15:00–16:00 and 17:00–18:00. Opened each public ticket-selection modal without submitting: General Admission is explicitly Free, selected quantity one totals $0.00, and Register is enabled. No sold-out notice, purchase, paid companion or follow-on-service requirement appeared. No personal data, registration or booking was submitted. Both displayed venue directions supply coordinates 25.1424095,55.2251531. No numerical ages are published. Distinct original performance absent from current catalogue and historical acquisitionMix records. Licensed representative dance photograph, original and derivatives visually inspected, with explicit separate-production caption and unique source.
Alserkal Avenue — National Pavilion UAE performance and original ticket linksAlserkal Avenue — 15:00 free General Admission and public ticket selection
Alserkal Avenue — 17:00 free General Admission and public ticket selection
Alserkal Art Week — current complete programme
Photo: Jim Lamberson / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and compressed to WebP; original composition retained. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 4.0.