LOVE IN THE MIDST
Hints from the Mystics for Times of Change
Poetry, Music, Story, Dance and Artistic Landscapes
MYSTIC CONSORTIUM ARTISTS
Excerpts from the 2025 Live Performances
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
ABOUT LOVE IN THE MIDST
"More than just music, dance, and story, this concert is a soul-nourishing journey that will leave you refreshed and inspired."
2025 Performance
"Wonderful concert, fabulous musicians and beautifully produced."
2025 Performance
"Experienced a night of deeply moving melodies, harmonies, stories, poetry and humor that will uplift your spirit and soothe your soul."
2025 Performance
MYSTIC CONSORTIUM ARTISTS
Mystic Consortium is a dynamic group of innovative artists spanning the genres of music, dance, spoken word, percussion and vision. Through storytelling, improvisation, musical dialogue and movement, they create present moment artistic vitality against the rich backdrop of 13th century mystic poetry of Rumi and 14th century poetess, Lalla.
- EUGENE FRIESEN, Grammy Award-winning cellist, eugenefriesenmusic.com
- ZULEIKHA, Int'l renowned Storydancer and founder of The Storydancer Project, zuleikha.com
– GLEN VELEZ, Grammy Award-winning master frame drummer and percussionist, glenvelez.com
– BENJY WERTHEIMER, Esraj virtuoso, shantalamusic.com/benjy/
– PARISA SOULTANI, Rumi Spoken Word, filmmaker, co-producer, One Through Love, on Rumi, independent.academia.edu/ParisaSoultani
LOVE IN THE MIDST
A vibrant, deep, moving, performance with Mystic Consortium, a dynamic group of artists who bring story, poetry, humor, music, movement and spoken word to the stage. This extraordinary and heartful offering takes the audience on a journey through the tapestry of mystic poetry and brings alive the message of Love in the Midst. Spanning musical genres of East and West, audiences are delighted and surprised.
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A special thanks to Coleman Barks for granting Zuleikha the use of his translations of Lalla's poetry for performance, et al, in perpetuity.
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Presenter of Love in the Midst
THE STORYDANCER PROJECT (TSP)
The Storydancer Project collaborates with partnering organizations and communities to create sustainable training programs which bring long-term support to community members and constituents. Whether TSP is working with school children in New Mexico, Muslim women struggling to eke out a living in Delhi, people dealing with the devastations of cancer, or Navajo mothers feeling isolated with the burdens of historical trauma, TSP is works with the first understanding that holistic self-care in community is a powerful agent of change.
www.thestorydancerproject.org
The mission of The Storydancer Project is to inspire positive change in the face of adversity through transformative movement, performance and self-care practices that restore vitality and cultivate joy. TSP serves girls, women, families and those suffering from illness and trauma, in global, indigenous and marginalized communities, health centers and schools.
Photo credits: ©THE STORYDANCER PROJECT
ZULEIKHA
Founder of The Storydancer Project
International performer and educator, Zuleikha, inspires creativity through sacred art of movement. Renowned for her collaborations with world musicians, Rumi Concerts and innovative teaching, she is the creator of the registered trademarked program TAKE A MINUTE® which works with vitality/resiliency self-care practices, and TAKE A MINUTE® for Palliative Care.
Zuleikha is the founder of The Storydancer Project, which serves girls, women and families facing challenging life circumstances, and is a humanitarian awards recipient for outstanding work in the world promoting positive personal and social change.
www.storydancer.com
Photo credits: ©ZULEIKHA / SWAN LAKE PUBLISHING LLC