Discussion with Wynton Marsalis, Alexa Tarantino and Chris Lewis

Faithful to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s masterpiece, Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) comes to life in a poetic and visually striking staging that blends theatre, visual arts and augmented magic.

This is an odyssey celebrating the musical heritage of a foundational land, the cradle of civilizations. Between the Tigris and the Euphrates, lyres, harps, flutes, percussion, songs, rituals, and stories have shaped a sonic imagination whose echoes have travelled across the centuries.

At the heart of ASHWAAQ, the words of the great philosopher and Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi become breath, vibration, and passage. Amir ElSaffar explores the universal power of love, the inner quest, and the search for unity within the diversity of the world.