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QualificationAlongside the BA · awarded January 2020
Lebanese American University logo

Qualification

Minor in Performing Arts

Acting, theatre, dance, music and movement studied alongside the BA in Television & Film.

Alex Dahdah · Minor accompanying the BA

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Creative experience2020
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Creative experience

ActingLab

Assistant direction and production for ActingLab, with contributions to script development, work with actors, set design and music composition. Alex also performed in the play developed through the programme.

Alex Dahdah · Assistant director, producer & performer

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Workshops attended4 February 2019
Portrait of Dalia Farid

Workshop record

Musical Theater Workshop

A musical theatre workshop within LAU’s IMAGINE Workshop and Concert Series.

Photo · American University in Cairo

Alex Dahdah · Participant · with Dalia Farid

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Performance2018
The Casino el-Ons stage with red curtains, singers, musicians, a poker table and a raised news desk.

Practice & context

Casino el-Ons

Alex Dahdah · Lighting operator

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Video art2018
Ocean waves meeting fluid imagery in the Salaam performance visuals

Practice & context

Salaam — Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Alex Dahdah · Co-creator of projected visuals

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Performance2017
A vocalist at a microphone under a warm spotlight, beside blue-lit scenery and rubble.

Practice & context

Alternative Facts

Alex Dahdah · Lighting operator

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Performance2017
Performers in black costumes on a red-lit stage with barred panels, during the Chicago adaptation at NDU. · Chicago

Practice & context

Chicago

Alex Dahdah · Actor · main cast

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Film
A vintage television showing the music video within Battlefield, with petals outside the screen

Practice & context

Battlefield

Alex Dahdah · Writer, co-director & co-editor

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Design
Eight original Levant Museum of Art identity lockups with a looping circular mark.

Practice & context

Levant Museum of Art

Alex Dahdah · Visual identity & exhibition design

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Film

Practice & context

Paradise

Alex Dahdah · Director, co-editor & colorist

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Performance
The original purple Wired poster: four circular portraits linked by fine lines, with choreography and music-composition credits.

Practice & context

Wired

Alex Dahdah · Lighting operator

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Stage performance
Opening announced · 10 April 2018
Casino el-Ons

Related work · Casino el-Ons

Casino el-Ons at LAU

Opening announced for April 10, 2018. Lighting credited at production level.

Alex’s role
Lighting operator
PressArticle
2018
Casino el-Ons

Related work · Casino el-Ons

A preview of the musical, its cabaret setting and collaborative approach to music and performance.

Alex’s role
Lighting operator
PressArticle
2018
Salaam — Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Related work · Salaam — Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Projected visuals for Salaam

LAU News

LAU credits Alex, Rita Choueifaty and Taline Bedikian for the visuals accompanying Dvořák’s quintet in Salaam.

Alex’s role
Co-creator of projected visuals
CourseworkSpring 2018
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Study record

Media and Society

Studied how media industries and representation shape culture, through comparative papers on music-label ownership and advertising.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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Stage performance
15 February 2018
Salaam — Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Related work · Salaam — Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet

Salaam · IMAGINE Workshop and Concert Series

Visuals for Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, co-created with Rita Choueifaty and Taline Bedikian, accompanied Seba Ali and the Apple Hill String Quartet.

Alex’s role
Co-creator of projected visuals
Stage performance
10 & 12 April 2017
Alternative Facts

Related work · Alternative Facts

Alternative Facts at LAU

Production performances: April 10 in Byblos; April 12 in Beirut. Lighting credited at production level.

Alex’s role
Lighting operator
PressArticle
2017
Alternative Facts

Related work · Alternative Facts

LAU reports on the newsroom-based performance and the collaboration behind its music, acting, dance and staging.

Alex’s role
Lighting operator
CourseworkSpring 2018
Lebanese American University logo

Study record

Western Music

Listening and analysis through musical elements, forms and historical traditions, including melody, rhythm and harmony.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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PressArticle
2017
Chicago

Related work · Chicago

Chicago at the NDU festival opening

Notre Dame University–Louaize

NDU’s report documents the Chicago adaptation performed at the opening of its 11th International Film Festival.

Project coverage · Alex is not named in this source; his role is documented separately.

Alex’s role
Actor · main cast
Stage performance
5 November 2017
Chicago

Related work · Chicago

NDU International Film Festival · opening ceremony

Chicago adaptation performed at the opening of the 11th NDU International Film Festival.

Alex’s role
Actor · main cast
PressUniversity catalogue
Year not listed
Wired

Related work · Wired

Wired in LAU CONNECTions

LAU CONNECTions

LAU’s 2017–2018 catalogue introduces Antoine Awad and Majd Al-Alam’s capstone, which follows a nerve impulse through movement and music.

Project coverage · Alex is not named in this source; his role is documented separately.

Work
Alex’s role
Lighting operator