Janyl at La MaMa's First Floor Theater

Yara Arts Group presents Janyl, a World Music-Theater piece, at La MaMa E.T.C. First Floor Theater from 9 - 25 Mar 2007

Janyl: a World Music-Theater piece based on an ancient epic song from Kyrgyzstan, 'Janyl Myrza' (pronounced Ja-nil Mir-zha), about a woman archer with a skill so refined that she never misses. This World Music-Theater piece includes fragments of the epic performed live by Kyrgyz artists from Central Asia in the traditional singing style, while Yara artists perform in English.

Directed by Virlana Tkacz and Kyrgyz artists from Sakhna Theatre of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Janyl features Kenzhegul Satybaldieva, and Yara artists Ji-young Kim, Christian T. Chan, Susan Hyon, Doua Moua, as well as Kyrgyz actors Munarbek Alibaev, Baktytkul Dzhanibekov and Ilgis Zhunusov.