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A fiery Layla and Majnun première by the Silk Road Ensemble and Mark Morris Dance Group

By Jaime Robles, 02 October 2016
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“All of the company’s dancers were brilliant, and beyond criticism”
Reviewed at UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley on 30 September 2016
Programme
Layla and Majnun (Mark Morris)
Performers
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris, Director
Howard Hodgkin, Set Designer, Costume Designer
James F Ingalls, Lighting Designer
Alim Qasimov, Vocals
Fargana Qasimova, Vocals
Silk Road Ensemble
Stacy Martorana, Dancer
Domingo Estrada, Dancer
Lesley Garrison, Dancer
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Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.