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Description - This dance with a cast of 26 people, is a journey into the culture in Pre-Inquisition Spain where the Hebrew, Moorish (Arabic), Gypsy and Christian Spanish communities interacted. Using four magnificent choral and orchestral musical gems by Bonia Shur, the dancers exalt the quiet beauty within these cultures during times of tolerance during the 11th to 14th centuries and passionately celebrate the hope that this will happen again.
The capes and tabards worn by the dancers become medieval cave temples, tree roots, wedding canopies, clouds, stars and symbols of the three religions, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. The poetry, the dance and the music mediates the rage and insanity of terrorism. 
Locally, Growth in Motion, Inc. performed this piece at the following locations:
- 4/2/06 Abraham Peace Walk @ Unity Church
- The walk started at the Christian Unity Church to the Jewish Hillel Center and then to the Islamic Center
- 5/3/06 Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati)
- 5/14/06 NANA - North Avondale Neighborhood Association
- 5/17/06 Harmony High School
- 6/2 & 3 "Choreographers Without Companies" concert at the Aronoff (Jarson/Kaplan Theater)
- 6/11/06 House of Joy Christian Ministries
Nationally and Internationally, we hope to share this piece in Israel for the Arab/Israeli Peace Community and at Hebrew Union College in New York and Los Angeles. 
Project Support provided by a grant from: 
the Fine Arts Fund of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College You can view and print out the beautiful flyer below (graphic design by Dan Britt, Brainsells): Photos from the Show courtesy of John Burgess
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