BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32576@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240412T173000 DTSTAMP:20240401T144339Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/spectacular-beats-the-live-digital- sounds-of-syrian-dance-music/ SUMMARY:Spectacular Beats: The Live Digital Sounds of Syrian Dance Music DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_247257" align="alignnone" width="300"] Syrian Dance Music Georgetown University Event Promotional Image[/caption] \n\n \;\n\nWASHINGTON\, DC\n\n"Spectacular Beats: The Live Digital Sou nds of Syrian Dance Music"As Syrian beats resonate across dance floors\, m usic producers arguably amplify the powerful somatic relationship between listeners\, bodies\, and audio technology through the production and perfo rmance of dabke\, a popular dance music. Based on interviews with Syrian m usicians and studio producers\, as well as in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Syria\, this talk explores how listening and dancing to Syrian dabke m usic shapes and is shaped by both the digital logic of music production an d live improvisatory processes of musical performance.\n\nShayna M. Silver stein is assistant professor in the Department of Performance Studies and faculty member of the Middle Eastern and North African Studies program at Northwestern University. Silverstein’s teaching and scholarship broadly examine the politics and aesthetics of sound\, movement\, and performance in contemporary Middle Eastern cultural production. Her first book\, Fraug ht Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria will be pu blished by Wesleyan University Press in Spring 2024. Silverstein has also published an award-winning article in the Journal of Middle East Women's S tudies\, and an audiography in [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Fil m &\; Moving Image. Her publications and research have been supported b y the Institute for Citizens &\; Scholars\, the Andrew W. Mellon Founda tion\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Fulbright Progr am\, as well as the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University. She currently ser ves on the Editorial Board of Northwestern University Press\, the Editoria l Advisory Board for the Sound Studies series of Bloomsbury Press\, and th e Society for Ethnomusicology Advisory Council.\n\nCo-Sponsors\n\nDepartme nt of Performing Arts\n\nCenter for Contemporary Arab Studies\n\nDepartmen t of Anthropology\n\nDepartment of Arabic and Islamic Studies ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/Syrian-Dance-Music-Georgetown-University-Event-Promotional-Image-.p ng LOCATION:Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts\, 108 Davis Pe rforming Arts Center\, Box 571063\, Washington\, DC \, 20057-1063\, United States GEO:38.907949;-77.073454 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=108 Davis Performing Arts C enter\, Box 571063\, Washington\, DC \, 20057-1063\, United States;X-APPLE -RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts:ge o:38.907949,-77.073454 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR