World Premier

A new dance work by Sashar Zarif presented by the Aga Khan  Museum

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023, 8 pm
Sunday, February 12, 2023, 2 pm
Price: $30 Regular, $27 Friends, $22.50 Students and Seniors
Tickets include Museum admission.
A limited number of rush tickets will be available at the door.

Inspired by the first poem of the book of Masnavi by universally acclaimed Sufi, Mowlana Jallalidin Balkhi—famously known as Rumi—Song of the Reed is a new dance work by Sashar Zarif, presented by Aga Khan Museum.

نی نامه, Song of the Reed is a ritual work that creates a space and time, devised to allow us to actively listen. This atmosphere is facilitated by a cast of six cross generational and multi-disciplinary artists, whose breaths and bodies collaboratively create a hypnotizing river of dance and music.

This new work, Song of the Reed, is inspired by and draws from, music and dance from Rumi’s birth place, the ancient city of Balkh and the rich cultural tapestry of Afghanistan.

Zarif is joined by guest artist Nasrullah Tavakoli (Afghan Dutar and vocal) and Gunay Akca (Turkish Ney) and Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre’s Mairéad Filgate , Kathia Wittenborn, Ethan Kim, Sully Malaeb Proulx and creative facilitator Katherine Duncanson.

To purchase tickets, please visit the following link: https://agakhanmuseum.org/programs/song-of-the-reed

For more information on Song of the Reed please visit www.sashardance.com

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This work was generously supported by Canada Council for the Arts.