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Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Layla and Majnun

Meany Theater

4140 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle, Washington — United States

Performances Times

October 06, 2016

8:00 pm

October 07, 2016

8:00 pm

October 08, 2016

2:00 pm, 8:00 pm

Works Performed

Layla and Majnun

Music - Uzeyir Hajibeyli

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 musical choreography and will feature popular Azerbaijani singers Alim and Fargana Qasimov performing on stage with musicians of The Silk Road Ensemble and the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Direction and Choreography: Mark Morris
Scenic and Costume Design: Howard Hodgkin
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls

Music: Uzeyir Hajibeyli, (1885–1948), arranged by Alim Qasimov, Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen
Alim Qasimov, mugham vocals (Majnun)
Fargana Qasimova, mugham vocals (Layla)

Meany Center is proud to be a co-commissioner of this remarkable work.


Layla and Majnun is a Mark Morris Dance Group/Cal Performances, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California production in association with Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle, Washington; Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, Illinois; the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, New York; Sadler’s Wells, London, England; and University Musical Society at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.