LOVE IN THE MIDST

LOVE IN THE MIDST — Touching the Heart of Humanity...

A stunning evening of poetry, music, dance, humor, creative artistry and story, Love in the Midst brings to life the heart of what it is to be fully human and divine. This extraordinary and heartfelt offering takes the audience on a journey through music, movement, and spoken word, with interwoven highlights of the dynamic poetry of the mystic, RUMI, the 13th century ecstatic poet of unparalleled lyrical and spiritual power, translated by the late, renowned poet, COLEMAN BARKS, who also gave us the emotional renderings of the medieval Kashmiri poetess, LALLA.

“Artistic landscapes carry the performance by the Mystic Consortium artists into ancient stories and poetry, punctuated by electrifying music solos from these virtuoso artists, Eugene Friesen-cellist, Glen Velez-percussion, Benjy Wertheimer-esraj with ecstatic singing by Parisa Soultani. Zuleikha brings the tapestry to a close with mesmerizing whirling against a moving starry night sky. After accolades, Zuleikha leads the audience in singing an original, stirring Rumi poem, accompanied by the artists.”

THE RUMI CONCERT is a modern American interpretation of an ancient message found within the poetry of the 13th century mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi, advocating love, compassion, acceptance, forgiveness, and healing.

Since the time Zuleikha met Coleman Barks, scholar, legendary poet and translator of the works of 13th century mystic Rumi, they have together founded and collaborated in more than 50 concerts with well known world musicians.”