LG tags: Live Performance, Dance, Art, Music, Mental Health
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Ceiling In The Floor
Known for its artistic excellence and innovative contemporary choreography, Lineage Dance Company has been making the arts accessible to diverse audiences since its founding in 1999. The company opened The Lineage Performing Arts Center in 2010 in order to build community through the arts and to further its mission of making the arts accessible to all.
Ceiling In The Floor, performed by Lineage Dance Company, is choreographed by Artistic Director Hilary Thomas. Part dance, part monologue, part music, Ceiling In The Floor is the deeply personal true story of two local Pasadena artists who went from inseparable to non-speaking as the result of a quiet struggle with depression and suicide.
Level Ground is proud to include this beautifully moving performance as part of this year’s festival. Thanks to national research studies, there is a growing awareness that LGBT individuals are at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, suicide attempts, and suicide. Mental illness still remains a pervasive and difficult to approach topic that desperately needs to be talked about, not only in LGBT communities but in religious contexts as well.
It is rare to find a piece of art that so powerfully captivates and gently invites conversation about what is too often hidden in shame and secret. The performance will be followed by a dialogue led by experts from mental health service organizations.
In order to support the creative talent of Lineage Dance Company, tickets to this show are $10. Due to themes of suicide and the mention of drug use, discretion is advised when bringing children. The show is recommended for everyone over 13 years old. (S.C.)