Layli and Majnun Nezami Ganjavi, trans. from the Persian by Dick Davis. Mage, $50 (320p) ISBN 978-1-949445-15-2 ...

“Layla and Majnun,” a classic Azerbaijani tale of young lovers and meddling parents, has been compared to “Romeo and Juliet.” In Mark Morris Dance Group’s production, which opened at the ...

With “Layla and Majnun,” the opener in its 2016-2017 dance season, Meany Center for the Arts simultaneously welcomes a native son home for a visit and embraces a cultural touchstone. That ...

Allan Ulrich is The San Francisco Chronicle’s dance correspondent. Mark Morris Dance Group and the Silk Road Ensemble: “Layla and Majnun,” 8 pm Saturday, Oct. 1; 3 pm, Sunday, Oct. 2.

Layla and Majnun emerge from the ensemble, played by different dancers. Reflecting the theme of separation, Morris gives them images of yearning, hands touching at arms’ length.

Yann Damezin, trans. from the French by Aqsa Ijaz and Thomas Harrison. Humanoids, $29.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-64337-948-7 ...

Yes, love between two young people is thwarted (though in Layla and Majnun it’s not consummated). Lives are blighted, death prevails. But that’s the end of the equivalency.

Sorrow may suffuse Layla and Majnun from the start but it also mounts to the end in one of the most moving dances Morris has made. ★★★★★ Festival to November 15, whitelightfestival.org ...

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