Guided Search: Visual Arts, Middle East, Residents/Citizens of Other Countries

Can an immigrant’s story be universal in today’s America? To find out, Emmy-award winning performer Kayhan Irani excavates memory and experience to reconstruct a sense of belonging. Using video projections, live performance, and humor, Irani embodies characters from her journey and invites the audience to share their own stories. IJ curator Alex Shaw joins Irani as a guest artist.

Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad present their newest project: "Home Within." Both members of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Kinan and Kevork offer an impressionistic reflection on the Syrian revolution and its aftermath, artfully documenting poignant moments in Syria's recent history by interweaving live illustrations, visuals, and original compositions.

Syrian composer and clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad present their newest project: "Home Within." Both members of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, Kinan and Kevork offer an impressionistic reflection on the Syrian revolution and its aftermath, artfully documenting poignant moments in Syria's recent history by interweaving live illustrations, visuals, and original compositions.

SUKHISHILI has performed for fifty million people in eighty-eight countries on five continents. It was a headline attraction with New York City Ballet for the George Balanchine Centennial. It has previously performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Madison Square Garden Albert Hall, the Rome Coliseum and La Scala where it was enthusiastically welcomed with rousing ovation and a record-setting number of curtain calls.