Metamorphosis: A Healing Journey
Themes of personal and planetary health, regeneration and healing are woven into the premiere performance and book launch of Metamorphosis: A Healing Journey blossoming forth during Earth Week.
This collaborative, multi-media project features flamenco and improv dancers from Lynda Raino Studios; two lyricists; a special ensemble of voices from the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, under the direction of Peter Butterfield; a leading Indigenous poet and performer; a 10-year-old “wild spirit”; a land defender; a Namgisan medicine woman from Alert Bay; the senior government liaison for Global Climate Emergency Response at the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and Health; two professional photographers; plus a retired policy maker, now a musician, filmmaker and producer. All share cathartic life-changing experiences that brought them to a metamorphosis in their healing journey and connection with nature.
The performance and book launch was conceptualized by professional photographer/producer Frances Litman, on behalf of the Creatively United for the Planet non-profit society, in collaboration with Climate and the Arts founder, Jonathan O’Riordan.
Monique Salez, an accomplished dancer, choreographer and storyweaver with Raino Dance, is the director, with Lynda Raino, the grand dame of dance, lending an outside eye.
The 120-page art book will be available for view and sale before and after performance times with an opportunity to meet the artists and performers. It features photography, prose, poetry, artwork, quotes and even a resource section.
Two performances only:
Saturday, April 27: Doors at 7 pm, Performance 7:30-9 pm
Sunday, April 28: Doors at 1:30 pm, Performance 2-3:30 pm
Tickets:
General Admission - $40.00
Early Bird Ticket (available until Apr 23) - $35.00
Special Offer: Ticket + Book Combo (available until Apr 23) - $120.00 Receive two tickets and one fine-art book (see info in "More details" under banner image). $20 savings