Giving Voice Productions

Photography by Samantha L. Siegel

From The Realm of the Shadow: A Contemporary Dance Theatre Staging of an Epic Opera. Opera score created by Chris Mohr, Directed and Choreographed by Jeremy Williams, produced by Chris Mohr, Giving Voice Productions and Convergences Theatre Collective. Leading roles, Christa Ray, Claude Aubourg, Victor Carinha.

For a complete list of the NYC cast and production team please visit:

www.FromtheRealmoftheShadow.com

Factions are at war. A woman is raped. A child is born whose radiance inspires healing and reconciliation. A hero’s journey, a woman’s awakening, celebration, a tragic loss. Will the factions come to peace?

Composer Chris Mohr was 19 years old when he barely rescued a young woman from a gang-rape and confronted our “Shadow,” that which we reject in ourselves. The epic musical journey takes the audience on a journey through violence, trauma, healing, forgiveness, and finally that healing peace which even the most reprehensible acts cannot destroy.

Chris Mohr joined creative forces with theatre artists Christa Ray (of Giving Voice Productions) and Jeremy Williams (of Convergences Theatre Collective) to create the first-ever staging of this epic music drama through dance/physical acting.

Premiered in NYC May 2-3, 2013 at the Riverside Church Theater

Audience Engagement events with performance excerpts and discussion with artists in Denver, CO at the Mercury Café: June 2, 2013

Boulder, CO at Naropa University, June 3, 2013

The battles between the light and dark forces inherent in the spirit world are approached in an appealing, unique and unusual way. Because of the rhythmic force… the work lends itself to a powerful dance, music and multi-media production” ~David Taylor, David Taylor Dance Theater

Your production was just wonderful; I wanted to step outside and cry and then return to the beautiful overwhelming music.”

The “opera” was beautiful in all ways… it is a dance performance that tells a powerful story. I would love to see a big budget production with your vocalists and choir and all the instruments. This is a beautiful work of art.”