LAYLA AND
MAJNUN
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP SILKROAD ENSEMBLE CREATIVE TEAM
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Mark Morris
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nancy Umanoff BASS
Shawn Conley
VIOLIN
Johnny Gandelsman
VIOLA
Mario Gotoh
PERCUSSION
Joseph Gramley
KAMANCHEH
Rauf Islamov
PIPA
Wu Man
VOCALS
Miralam Miralamov
VIOLIN
Jessie Montgomery
VOCALS
Kamila Nabiyeva
CELLO
Karen Ouzounian
SHAKUHACHI
Kojiro Umezaki
TAR
Zaki Valiyev CHOREOGRAPHY
& DIRECTION
Mark Morris
SCENIC &
COSTUME DESIGN
Howard Hodgkin
LIGHTING DESIGN
James F. Ingalls
SET REALIZATION
Johan Henckens
COSTUME REALIZATION
Maile Okamura
Layla and Majnun is made possible, in
part, through the MMDG New Works Fund
with support from the Friends of MMDG,
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, the
Howard Gilman Foundation, Ellsworth Kelly
Foundation, Elizabeth Liebman, a special
grant from The Henry Luce Foundation,
PARC Foundation, Poss Family Foundation,
the National Endowment for the Arts and
Trust for Mutual Understanding. Layla and Majnun is a Mark Morris Dance
Group/Cal Performances, UC Berkeley
production in association with Melbourne
International Arts Festival; Harris Theater
for Music and Dance; Hopkins Center for
the Arts; The John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts; Krannert Center for
the Performing Arts; Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts; Sadler’s Wells; University
Musical Society, University of Michigan; and
University of Washington World Series.
DANCERS
Mica Bernas
Sam Black
Karlie Budge*
Durell R. Comedy
Brandon Cournay*
Domingo Estrada, Jr.
Lesley Garrison
Lauren Grant
Sarah Haarmann
Deepa Liegel*
Aaron Loux
Laurel Lynch
Dallas McMurray
Minga Prather*
Brandon Randolph
Nicole Sabella
Christina Sahaida*
Billy Smith
Noah Vinson
*apprentice
FEATURING——————
MUGHAM VOCALS
Alim Qasimov
Fargana Qasimova
Funding has also been provided by the
New England Foundation for the Arts’
National Dance Project, with lead funding
from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
with additional support from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
This engagement is supported by Mid
Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists
International in partnership with the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation and the Howard Gilman
Foundation.