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The Dubai Fountain

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ensuring dignity and avoiding frivolity. The playlist includes a wide range of genres, from classical to pop, and features international hits alongside traditional Arabic music, showcasing Dubai's role as a cultural crossroads. Daily performances, including the UAE National Anthem, cater to the international profile of Downtown Dubai's visitors.
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and Extreme shooters, which can shoot water under the most pressure to 500 ft (152.4 m) in the air. These WET Shooters create a loud "boom" noise after water is ejected. The Extreme Shooters are used the least during each show because it takes a lot of time to build up enough pressure and energy to shoot water that high in the air.
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The Dubai Fountain consists of many high-pressure water jets created by WET, including Shooters, Oarsmen and water robots. The water robots make the water seem to dance while the WET Shooters shoot water upwards; Super Shooters, which shoot water under more pressure up to 73 m (240 feet) in the air,
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in the air at any moment. More than 6,600 lights and 25 colour projectors have been installed. The fountain contains five circles of different sizes and two arcs. During the end of 2010, a new element was added to the fountain, fire, which outlined the fountains. The fire was temporary for the 2011
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The Dubai Fountain playlist is a blend of music, curated to reflect the city's diverse and cosmopolitan nature while respecting its cultural heritage. With over 48 pieces of music chosen over the past decade, each track is selected to complement the fountain's grandeur and the city's global image,
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The fountain is animated with performances set to light and music. It is visible from every point on the lake promenade and from many neighbouring structures. Performances take place at 1:00 pm and at 1:30 pm as well as every 30 minutes from 6 pm to 10 pm on weekdays, and from 6 pm to 11 pm on
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New Years celebration. The Dubai Fountains project water in the air in many different combinations and patterns. The beam of light from the fountain can be seen from over 20 miles away.
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All of the fountain's performances are accompanied by music played through speakers around the lake, although sometimes the fountains are operated without music for testing purposes.
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premiered an advertising campaign at The Dubai Fountain on 20 October 2011. It was choreographed to a specially reworked version of the Motown classic "
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The responsibility of selecting music to be used in the fountain was given to Peter Kopik, the head of the choreography in WET Design.
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are a choreographed fountain system located on the 12 hectare (30 acre) artificial
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The name of the fountain was chosen after a contest organized by the developer
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The Dubai Fountain performing to the song "Bassbor Al Fourgakom".
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The Dubai Fountain can spray 22,000 gallons (83,000 litres) of
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In March 2016 the fountains and the mall were part of the
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weekends (weekends being Thursday, Friday, and Saturday).
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The Dubai Fountain Performing the DHL Express theme Song
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Burj Khalifa
Downtown Dubai
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
WET Design
California
Bellagio Hotel
Las Vegas
AED
USD
Emaar Properties
The Dubai Mall
water


panoramic



The Dubai Mall
DHL Express
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Expo 2020
Reem Al Hashimy
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
Musical fountain
Aquanura

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