ECSTASY WITH THE POMEGRANATE
The Ilkhom Theatre Residency at Miami University, April 21-26, 2008
The play, Ecstasy with the Pomegranate, choreographed by David Rousseve and supported by the National Dance Project, explores themes of nationality, identity, religion, Central Asian history, Russian turmoil, homoeroticism, reality/fantasy, and love. It takes place in 1916-1917 Tashkent and deals with cultural interactions between 
Sufi Islam, Uzbek culture and the Russian (and then later, Soviet) military stationed in Tashkent.
It focuses on the painter Alexander Nikolaev (who became a Muslim and took the name Usto Mumin, painting under that name)and his assimilation into the Muslim religion and culture, especially his involvement with male Bacha dancers who portrayed women.
For more on the play, go to http://www.ilkhom.com/english/
ischeznov/.
Below is a link to the script of Ecstasy with the Pomegranate, along with scripts of Ilkhom's other recent works: