Exciting entertainment for the whole family: DANCERS, PUPPETS, INSTRUMENTALISTS and SINGERS recreate a truly authentic Holiday experience: Amelia LeClair’s Cappella CLAUSURA together with Helena Froehlich's CREATIONDANCE, this is a Christmas Pageant you won't want to miss! SEE A VIDEO PREVIEW!

Cappella Clausura and Creationdance join together with stellar singers, period instruments and sacred dance, to create a magical foray into the variety of music written by women, from Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary Maine composer Patricia Van Ness. Creationdance provides spectacular choreography, using Neo-classical ballet and some historically reconstructed Renaissance steps, stunningly beautiful costumes and giant puppetry to enchant and delight as Cappella Clausura sings the Christmas story all the way from Gabriel’s announcement to the visit of the Magi. As finale the audience is invited to sing selected Carols!

For the 5th year in a row and this year performing in 5 locations:

1."GLORIA"* on Saturday, December 17th at 3 pm at First Parish in Weston
http://www.firstparishweston.org
First Parish in Weston
349 Boston Post Road
Weston, Massachusetts 02493

2. "GLORIA"* on Saturday, December 17th at 7 pm at Parish of the Messiah, in Newton
http://www.parishofthemessiah.org
1900 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466

3. "GLORIA"* on Sunday, December 18th at 5 pm at FUSN, in Newton
http://www.fusn.org
First Unitarian Society in Newton
1326 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465

4. "GLORIA"* on Monday, December 19th at 8 pm at University Lutheran, in Cambridge, Harvard Square
http://www.unilu.org
66 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

5. "GLORIA"* on Tuesday, December 20th at 8 pm at First Church Jamaica Plain
http://firstchurchjp.org
6 Eliot Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

You can buy TICKETS for GLORIA: $20. Seniors, students: $15. Preferred seating: $25/$18 available online at NO SERVICE CHARGE at www.clausura.org or at the door

"So we have a winning combination of a stellar group of singers, an ensemble of period instruments, and a dance troupe providing living depiction of perhaps the most classic and universal of Biblical tales, the Christmas story. All in all, this event is highly recommended, a welcome release from the hectic pace life seems to take at this time of the year. Those seeking religious solace, fans of early music, families, and those interested in multi-media performance will each find something to treasure.” – Patrick Valentino, Classical Voice of New England, Inc


“I found it amazing to have the interplay of dance and music done so very well… Breathtaking...the clarity mixed with the passion is so beautiful, and unique... ensemble has done something remarkable: performed my music so that it is better than I could imagine it sounding, both in composition and in performance... The choreography is rich with meaning; it seems to search out and find, and express, joy, beauty, sorrow continuously; I am very moved by it, and to me the choreography of the Magnificat couldn’t be any finer…" - Patricia Van Ness, composer

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GLORIA: A Renaissance Christmas Pageant with Dance and Puppets
with CAPPELLA CLAUSURA, Amelia Leclair, Director
and CREATIONDANCE, Helena Froehlich, Choreographer

Join us again for a truly different Christmas pageant, suited to the entire family! Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director and Creationdance, Helena Froehlich, Director, join together with stellar singers, period instruments and sacred dance, to create a magical foray into the variety of music written mostly by cloistered women, from Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary Maine composer Patricia Van Ness. Creationdance provides spectacular choreography, using Neo-classical ballet and some historically reconstructed Renaissance steps, stunningly beautiful costumes and giant puppetry to enchant and delight as Cappella Clausura sings the Christmas story all the way from Gabriel’s announcement to the visit of the Magi.

For our 4th season we are performing in three locations, here are all the dates, address and ticket information:

Sun. Dec. 5 @ 4 pm at First Parish, 75 the great Road, Bedford MA 01730
Website: HTTP://UUBEDFORD.ORG/
TICKETS: $20/ $10 - available at the door only

Sat. Dec. 11 @ 7 pm at Church of St. Andrew, 135 Lafayette Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
Website: HTTP://WWW.STANDREWSMHD.ORG
TICKETS: $ 20 Adults/ $15students/seniors - or $25/$18 with preferred seating

Sun. Dec. 12 @ 5 pm at First Unitarian Society, 1326 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02465
Website: HTTP://WWW.FUSN.ORG
TICKETS: $ 20 Adults/ $15students/seniors - or $25/$18 with preferred seating

Tickets for Dec 11th and 12th, available online @ Clausura.org or at the door
CONTACT: Amelia LeClair 617-964-6609 / 857-919-4218 - email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

SACRED DANCE GUILD presents
CULTURE FEST 2009: DANCING DIVINE DIVERSITY
September 18, 19, 20 in Lexington, MA
 
Dance as a sacred art making the world a better place in which to live and grow... The Sacred Dance Guild presents a Culture Fest weekend in the Boston metro area to celebrate the diversity of dancers and to benefit struggling "at risk" dance and music programs at home and abroad.
 
Friday September 18: 7:30 to 9:00 pm: “Meet the dancers”
Circle dance, Dance sharing
Location: Hancock Church, 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
Tickets: $ 5 (SDG members free)
 
Saturday, September 19: 9:00 to 4 pm: “Dancing Diversity” - Multicultural Workshops
Location: Hancock Church, 1912 Massachusetts Ave,Lexington, MA
Tickets: all day $ 40 ( am $ 25, pm $ 25) (SDG members: all day $ 35, am $ 20, pm $ 20, kids: all day: $ 20, am $ 15, pm $ 15)

• 9:00 to 9:45 am: Global warm-ups Exercises from around the world, JoyBeth Lufty
• 10:00 to 10:45 am: Bulgarian folk dance , Peter Petrov
• 11:00 to 11:45 am: classical Indian, Suman Adisesh
• 12:00 to 1:00 pm - Lunch break
• 1:00 to 1:45 pm: Chinese Traditional, Ally Li
• 2:00 to 2:45 pm: Armenian Dance & Culture, Susan Lind-Sinanian
• 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Meditation & Movement, Helena Froehlich
   
  Sunday September 20: 2:30 pm “Moving Mysteries” - Multicultural Benefit Performance
  for Youth dance Program in Armenia
  Location: National Heritage Museum, 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington, MA
  Tickets sold at the door: $ 15 (Kids $ 5, Seniors & SDG members $ 10)
• Featuring Creationdance Sacred Dance Company along with
• Encore Dance Ensemble
• Grachasnitsa Serbian Folk Dancers
• Karen Josephson (dancer, Storyteller & actor)
• Ludo Mlado Bulgarian Dance group
• Melody Chinese Dance Troupe
• Shristi Classical Indian Dancers
• Shkyloom Sacred Dancers
• Studio Ballet of Hudson Student Performers
   
  This is a non-profit, educational/charitable project initiated by the Sacred Dance Guild.
  For more information, contact Elaine Sisler, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
   

Cappella Clausura, Boston's premiere early music choir, will dance you into lilac time and Mother's Day with our latest program, featuring more undiscovered and underperformed works by women. Come join us this May!

Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 7:30pm - Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, Boston

Saturday, May 2, 2009 @ 8:00pm - Episcopal Parish of the Messiah, Newton (Benefit for Facing Cancer Together)

CORRECTION:
**SUNDAY**, May 10, 2009 @ 7:30 pm - Grace Episcopal Church, Salem, MA

In the late Renaissance and early baroque several women were at work making remarkable music: in Italy, Donna Sulpitia Cesis wrote several books of motets for eight parts; Donna Caterina Assandra was one of the first women of the early baroque to have an entire collection of music published; Donna Chiara Cozzolani, at forty years of age, published four spectacular editions of music; in France Margaret of Austria, a powerful woman who was regent of the Netherlands in the 15th century, wrote poetry and, in at least one case, her own music; in the 17th century Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, extraordinarily gifted and renowned composer to the Sun King, wrote six sacred cantatas, three of which deal with heroic women of the Bible. Join Cappella Clausura for a delicious sampling of these amazing works by French and Italian women composers. As an additional treat, Helena Froehlich, of Creationdance will dance Esther and Susanne!

Cappella Clausura's 10 singers are joined by Catherine Liddell, theorbo, Barbara Englesberg, violin, Hendrik Broekman, harpsichord and organ, Mai-Lan Broekman, gamba and Alice Mroszczyk, gamba.

Click here to order on line!

Our Artistic Sponsors
Episcopal Parish of the Messiah

Since 2004 we have been fortunate and honored to be artists in residence at the Episcopal Parish of the Messiah - read more about their exciting advocacy for both music and art!

Dancing and puppets and magical medieval singing?  This is NOT your average Christmas pageant.... bring the whole family!

FOUR JOYOUS PERFORMANCES!!

DECEMBER 19th, 20th and 21st, 2008, to purchase tickets go to www.Clausura.org

Cappella Clausura and Creationdance together again present :

In a truly different sort of Christmas pageant, suited to the entire family, Cappella Clausura joins with Creationdance, Helena Froehlich, Director, to create a magical foray into the variety of music written to celebrate the mother of God and the birth of her son.  For this very special concert of music and dance Cappella Clausura has chosen works from its repertory of lush medieval, renaissance and baroque and modern music by Hildegard von Bingen, Sulpitia Cesis, Raffaella Aleotti, and Chiara Cozzolani and Patricia Van Ness.  All this is topped off with some lively laude, or processional hymns, from 14th century Florence, which our audience is invited to sing and enjoy with us!  Froehlich and company provide spectacular choreography and stunningly beautiful costumes and giant puppetry to enchant and delight as Cappella Clausura sings the Christmas story all the way from Gabriel to the visit of the Magi.

"I found it amazing to have the interplay of dance and music done so very well… Breathtaking...the clarity mixed with the passion is so beautiful, and unique... ensemble has done something remarkable: performed my music so that it is better than I could imagine it sounding, both in composition and in performance... The choreography is rich with meaning; it seems to search out and find, and express, joy, beauty, sorrow continuously; I am very moved by it, and to me the choreography of the Magnificat couldn’t be any finer…" -Patricia Van Ness, composer

"...your performance was simply top notch..."  -Dr. June-Ann Greeley, Sacred Heart University.  

Join us for an experience, not just a concert!

On Sunday November 16th 2008, at 3 pm, among other music and Dance companies, Creationdance will dance for the Diwali fundraising performance

Amma New England would like to invite you to attend a Diwali Fundraiser to benefit the victims of the floods Bihar in Northern India on Sunday, November 16 .

To purchase tickets, click here and to learn more about the show, please see flyer below. For further information concerning Bihar flood victims disaster relief, go to this link:

http://amma.org/humanitarian-activities/disaster-relief/bihar-temp-shelters.html

School 508- 416-2100
Misses Lyden extension 251

CREATIONDANCE is a sacred dance company, where dance and music create a form of reverence, experience and communication with life and each other. We create short pieces that are included in services or social events, as well as short to full length pieces for performances. Most of the pieces have a spiritual content, non-denominational; where dance can be experienced as a form of worship. Originally founded in France, Creationdance is currently in residence at the First Unitarian Society Newton, FUSN.