2010: 2nd edition
The second edition of the Beirut Spring Festival took place from 3 to 8 June 2010. Produced by the Samir Kassir Foundation, the Festival presented a five-day program featuring theatre, contemporary ballet, concert, zajal, opera, hip-hop, and dance. This second edition gathered talent from Lebanon, France, Switzerland, India and Iran in a variety of indoor and outdoor locations (theatre halls, architecture of decay, public garden and a Roman historic site) thanks to the support of 17 partners and the coverage of the press for the pleasure of the participants.
An Arabic opera zajal concert featuring Zad Moultaka, Fadia Tomb El Hage and Ars Nova Ensemble on Tuesday 8 June 2010, 9:00 pm, at the Roman Baths, Beirut Downtown.
Rayess Beik and his band on Sunday 6 June 2010, 9:00 pm at Samir Kassir Garden, Beirut downtown.
A performance of traditional ancestral music and Sufi dance at The Dome, Beirut downtown, on Saturday 5 June 2010, 9:00 pm.
A contemporary ballet on Friday 4 June 2010, 9:00 pm, at The Dome, Beirut downtown to refuse passive submission to the world and its morals that make dreams inaccessible and justify fatalism.
A tribute monologue to the Russian journalist, assassinated in 2006 on Thursday 3 June 2010, 9:00 pm, Théâtre de Beyrouth, Ain el Mraïsseh.
