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  • Open House 2016

    Mark Morris Dance Center 3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    SAVE THE DATE!
    FREE activities for all ages - Dance and Fitness classes, Performances by MMDG, Food from local vendors and a beer garden with live music

  • 2016 09 16 Chicago IL

    Harris Theater Chicago, Illinois, United States

    "An Evening of Dance with MacArthur Fellows" is a performance honoring 35 years of the iconic MacArthur Fellowship program. The performance takes place on Friday, September 16 at 7:30 PM and is FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Limit of two tickets per person. This performance is one in a series of events celebrating the 35th anniversary […]

  • 2016 09 30 – 10 02

    Zellerbach Hall Berkeley, California, United States

    Mark Morris' lyrical choreography, the emotive voices of Azerbaijan's Alim Qasimov and Fargana Qasimova, the vibrant musicality of The Silk Road Ensemble, and the striking visual palette of British painter Howard Hodgkin combine in this world premiere performance. The timeless story of the tragic love between Layla and Majnun, most notably expressed by the great […]

  • Dance with MMDG: Community Class

    Bancroft Studio UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California

    Fun for the whole family, Dance with MMDG is a free class is taught by MMDG dancers and accompanied by live music. Learn excerpts from Mark Morris' evening-length dancedopera, Layla and Majnun, in a warm and welcoming environment. 
    No experience is necessary.

  • 2016 10 06-08 Seattle, WA

    Meany Theater 4140 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle, Washington, United States

    Layla and Majnun is an original dance and live music production based on an ancient Arabian love story well known in the Islamic world. A highly anticipated collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and The Silk Road Ensemble, the work will explore the story’s themes of love, madness and mysticism through Mark Morris’ uniquely […]

  • 2016 10 13-16 Ann Arbor, MI

    Power Center Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Layla and Majnun is a well known love story in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures. In love from childhood, Layla and Majnun (the name means “possessed”) are not allowed to unite. Majnun, mad in his obsession with Layla, becomes a hermit when she is married off to another man. He devotes his life to writing […]

  • 2016 10 29-11 05, New York, NY

    Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College New York, New York, United States

    These performances are part of the Sounds of India, a mni-festival curated by Mark Morris for Lincoln Center's White Light Festival. With Mark Morris at the helm, the 2016 White Light Festival‘s “Sounds of India” programming casts its gaze on various realms of artistic expression originating in and inspired by South and East India. Mark Morris, who […]

  • Sounds of India: Pre-Performance Discussion with Mark Morris

    Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College New York, New York, United States

    Join Mark Morris for a discussion on the Mark Morris Dance Group performances at the White Light Festival's Sounds of India. 

    Mark Morris has sojourned to South India for decades, transforming ancient movement and form into inventive works with his own signature. For this special White Light Festival program, the Mark Morris Dance Group reprises two India-inspired Morris solos, as well as a humorous duet set to a lively Tamil film score. The program culminates in a radiant world premiere with music by Terry Riley, inspired by Morris’s travels to the region.