From Shadow to Light 2

a second Fundraiser concert in support of Cottage Farm.

November 27th, 2010 at the Chan Centre 7 p.m.

“From Shadow to Light 2”, will be a combination of speakers, uplifting song, Irish Dance, and a spectacular newly commissioned dance choreographed by Astrid Sherman ,and performed by her students of the Pro Arte Dance School. This ground–breaking work is accompanied by the vibrant and passionate music of Karl Jenkins’ popular “Adiemus”, sung by a massed choir of 100 voices.

The music invokes the driving rhythms of Celtic music, and the power of African music, drawing together many cultures into one experience.

The Dance expresses the experience of a young woman, on the brink of adulthood, who gradually starts to become alienated from her family, her peers, and even herself. We watch her as she suffers the exquisite agony of alienation, psychosis, hospitalization, and her struggles as she tries to re-integrate herself back into a society that seems barred to her. However, she is strong, and determined, and people reach out to her. Friends keep drawing her back in, she finds the treatment and recovery support that she needs, and eventually, we witness her courage to reclaim her own recovery and life.

As an audience, we are drawn in to the experience which so often we choose not to see. It is all too easy to ignore those who cannot make themselves heard in our society where accomplishment and status are often the standards by which we judge others.

This event is designed to open our hearts, to see, and support those who are among the most vulnerable in our society.

We are honored to have Ric Mathews, the minister of 1st United Church, speak about his work in the downtown core of Vancouver.

Saturday November 27, 2010 at 7 p.m.
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver BC

For ticket information please call the Chan box office: 604.822-9197 or
Ticketmaster 604.280.3311 or www.ticketmaster.ca

Tickets: $27.50 plus service charge

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