“Leyli və Məcnun” operası ABŞ-da – VİDEO

Mark Morris’s “Layla and Majnun,” a story of unrequited love, smells like teen spirit. “Our parents are keeping us apart,” said Nicole Sabella (@bellabewell), a dancer with @markmorrisdance, of her duet with Domingo Estrada Jr. “We sort of rebel against them.” In this moment, @domingoestradajr explained, “We finally get to physically touch.” But the pair is doomed from the start. “The tragedy isn’t that they don’t match up,” said #MarkMorris. “The tragedy is that they’re taken away and the world doesn’t have them anymore.” Opening tomorrow as part of the White Light Festival, “Layla and Majnun" — a chamber arrangement of the 20th-century #Azerbaijani opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyli — features sets and costumes by #HowardHodgkin and the Azerbaijani singers @alimqasimovofficial and @farganaqasimova, who perform with the Silk Road Ensemble. “I didn’t want to do, as I call it, airport gift-shop multiculturalism,” Mark told the @nytimes writer @giadk. “It’s not a corrective, it’s not political. I’m not trying to teach anybody a lesson. I’m trying to do the opposite. Everybody knows this. So open up.” @adamgolfer made this video for #SpeakingInDance, our weekly series exploring the world of #dance.

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