Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

SR No.: 529503
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 242
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, USA_Parliament of World Religion, & USA
File Size: 10 MB

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1999 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS PERFORMANCES
3:00-3:45 Music from Isibane Isibane Youth Choir Beautiful and inspiring traditional music-singing and dancing-performed by the youth choir of ISIBANE-Light & Unity of African Independent Churches.
12:00-2:00 P.M.
BREAK 2:00-2:30 P.M. African Christian Choir from Guguletu St. Mary Magdalene Church Choir The group, from Guguletu Township, will perform a moving selection of devotional music.
4:00-5:00 P.M. Women Crusade Against Rape Thembile Pepeteka This drama portrays responses of young women on the issue of rape. Ten young women, who feel very strongly about the issue, perform the play. To quote from the play, "the mama who is molested at the street corner will be me tomorrow .. women have a right to be protected by the law, if the law does not protect women, women must protect themselves." Thembile Pepeteka, the director, earned her BA and Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town She also earned a Post Graduate Diploma in African Studies from the University of Cape Town. She has won several awards including The Nelson Mandela Poetry Award, the Best Director Award, and the BBC Poetry and Africa Arts competition.
3:00-4:00 P.M.
TO BE ANNOUNCED 4:00-5:30 P.M. Gujarati Ras Garba K. Lalla and Dance Companies A joint performance by Indian dancers from the United Kingdom and Cape Town areas, accompanied by musicians and singers.
WEDNESDAY, 8 DECEMBER 10:00-10:45 A.M. Live Your Dreams Jamira Santinelli A performance by Jamira Santinelli of selections from her acclaimed CD recording, Live Your Dreams. Yamira Santielli is an internationally known performing and recording artist.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 10:00-11:00 A.M. Selections from "Mass for the 21st Century" Carman Moore Carman Moore's "Mass for the 21st Century" was commissioned by New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and performed there in 1994 at the Out of Doors Festival for over 10,000 listeners. In this performance of selections from the Mass, Carman Moore is joined by the ERUB Children's Choir (Director Rosamunde van Zitters) and a Cape Town adult choir. Carman Moore's works have been performed world-wide. 1986-1996, composer-director of the American Dance Festival's composer/choreographer program. Artist-in-Residence for several years at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
11:00-12:00 NOON Sharing Spiritual Traditions From Japan Shinji Shumeikai Shumei Taiko Ensemble The Ensemble will perform traditional selections, using the famous Japanese taiko drums. The performers represent Shinji Shumeikai, a Japanese spiritual organization attendir Parliament with over 150 membersi The Shumei Taiko Ensemble performers and staff have performed at the Lincoln Center, the United Nations in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Europe, and Japan.
11:00-12:00 NOON Kali's Follies: Mid-Life at the Millennium Lou Montgomery This one-woman performance of original theater will humorously address a woman's confrontation with the spiritual and psychological dimensions of aging, facing loss, and becoming an advocate and spokeswoman for global and environmental issues. A journey through life's mid-life changes will encompass mythological motifs about spiritual eldering; as well as, exploring contemporary issues around discrimination toward aging women. The performance promises to be provocative, funny, and inspiring. Lou Montgomery is an actress, singer, playwright, and psychotherapist with twenty years experience performing and conducting groups and workshops internationally. Authored and toured with "Family Baggage," an original play about healing addictions and family trauma. She has facilitated psychodrama groups around the world, and is completing her Ph.D. in Psychology
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