SILK ROAD MUSIC and DANCE ENSEMBLE

SILK ROAD MUSIC and DANCE ENSEMBLE
Event Date: 
02/14/2009 (All day)
Event location
City or Town: 
Escondido
State or Province: 
california
Country: 
United States

in conjunction with the textile exhibit on view until 22 March 2009:

NOMADIC LEGACY
Tent & Textiles of Central Asia & Iran

Mingei International Museum

155 West Grand Avenue . Escondido . CA . 92025
www.mingei.org .
760.735.3355


Saturday 14 February 2009

3:00pm - 4:30pm


the Silk Road Music and Dance Ensemble
Robyn Friend - dance
Megan Rancier - violin, kyl-kobyz
Rowan Storm - vocals, dayereh, daff, dohol
Neil Siegel - Azeri and Persian tar, baghlama saz

The Silk Road Music and Dance Ensemble blends dazzling dances with music, folk tales and sumptuous costumes from Iran, Turkey and Central Asia including Khorassan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. View the superb textile exhibit including a magnificent yurt from Kyrgyzstan, and learn about the culture of this extraordinary region, once the most prosperous capitol of the world.

$10 members and students / $15 non-members
reservations requested: 760.735.3355