Based on the timeless allegory
Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard this production includes choreography by Refuge’s Artistic Director
Katherine Gant set to music composed and performed live by Atlanta-based musicians Vivian Clifton, Andrew Kang, and Stephen Lipham.
The story of Hinds’ Feet centers around Much-Afraid, a crippled “fearing” who takes a journey up a mountainside for which she must develop “hinds’ feet” to reach the “high places.” She is encouraged on her way by the Chief Shepherd, who plants the Seed of Love within her heart to grow as she travels. Much-Afraid is accompanied by the companions the Shepherd chose for her, Sorrow and Suffering, and together, through a series of obstacles, they discover the truths needed to develop “hinds feet”.
“But it is so happy to love,” said the Shepherd quietly. “It is happy to love even if you are not loved in return. There is pain too, certainly, but Love does not think that very significant.”
Hinds Feet on High Places truly presents a message of love and grace, which is the core of what Refuge Dance Company is all about.
In speaking with Artistic Director Katherine Gant about this production she shares, “The main reason I love this story so much is the fact everyone can see themselves in Much-Afraid’s journey at some point along the way. And from that point of connection, we are carried along with her to the High places, to
Freedom, restoration and a life of love. The lessons we learn from her become life lessons and are never far from needing to be applied again and again.”
Refuge has the honor of partnering with the
Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture to co-present the premiere production of “Hinds’ Feet on High Places” March 23 & 25, 2012 at the
Southwest Arts Center. You can purchase your tickets below or
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