We are here to celebrate the power of community.   Since March 2020, we have experienced moments of loss and isolation, and we created this original piece to take a step towards healing, celebration and union.

We all know that music is a universal language with the power to stir deep emotions, and Tom and Chao create a unique fusion of cross-cultural traditions. “But what is mysticism?” you may ask. It’s a way of looking at the world and seeing a spark of the sacred in all people and all things. It’s the eye of Love gazing at divine realities, and understanding a true essence beyond appearances. It’s a belief in our union with the Absolute and the Infinite. It’s the realization that all our atoms vibrate with all the other atoms of the universe.

Ideas of Mysticism can be found in essentially all religions and spiritual traditions, from across the world and throughout time. The text in this show has been sourced from a wide range of sacred scriptures, as well as poems and books from many times and places. The ones we return to again and again are Hinduism’s The Bhagavad Gita; the Chinese Tao Te Ching, the Old and New Testaments and apocrypha from the time of Jesus, as well as the poems of Rumi, a poet from the Sufi branch of Islam. You’ll also hear words from Dante and Dr. King, from Mary Shelley and Maya Angelou.

As humans, we are united by a desire for meaning larger than ourselves and we are entranced by the promise of transformation. By drawing parallels, creating juxtapositions and layering these words with images, movement and music, we hope to illuminate and enhance the meaning of all the elements.

We are delighted that you have joined us for this experience.