REVIVAL OF AN ANCIENT TALE IN DANCE AND SONG
Via Mark Morris’ Surprising Middle Eastern Foray BERKELEY—Over the past four decades in Iran, dancing has been either prohibited or frowned upon by the governing powers. In dramatizing a tragedy in timeless Persian song and dance, Mark Morris and his dance group are injecting new life into an endangered species from halfway around the world. In his world premiere here, Morris co-created a 50-minute-long Persian-Azerbaijani work of song, music and dance, “Layla and Majnun,” based on one of the oldest…