Frenchtown, NJ – Join Roxey Ballet's Healing Arts Initiative for The C Word, an inspiring performance that celebrates the strength and resilience of breast cancer survivors. Through a multimedia blend of music, dance, and spoken word, this unique production tells the personal stories of women who have faced and overcome breast cancer.

Funded by a grant from New Music USA, The C Word offers an emotional and uplifting experience, showcasing the power of art and nature in the healing process. Artistic Director Mark Roxey collaborates with composers Robert Maggio and Matthew Hardy to bring these stories to life, highlighting the personal and collective strength of survivors.

Roxey Ballet’s Healing Arts Initiative presents an exploration of the journeys of women who were diagnosed, treated, and survived various stages of breast cancer in its production of The C Word: Personal Stories of Triumph Over Breast Cancer was  funded through a generous grant from New Music USA to support music for dance performances.  Through integrative, multimedia performances comes a celebration of the strength of these survivors through the power of art and nature and their healing effects. The sharing of their personal, physical, and emotional trials, has led these women to find support from their fellow survivors, families and friends, and has taught them to embrace the powerful transformation this disease has made on their lives, bodies, and spirits. Each performance will be as unique as the empowering story it represents, but their shared triumphs will be a story that brings us all together.

Originally created through interviews with 22 strong women, artistic director and choreographer Mark Roxey and songwriting team Robert Maggio and Matthew Hardy used music, dance, and spoken word to capture the essence of the survivor's stories and lives. Says Roxey, "I'm honored and touched to produce a project like this that celebrates the lives of Breast Cancer survivors and all who are facing the challenge of any kind of cancer. The art of dance is at its best when you are able to create meaning that transcends the art of dance, when you can do something much greater than the single word 'dance'. That is what Roxey Ballet is all about."

Roxey Ballet first performed the C-Word as titled WE vs C: Personal Stories of Triumph Over Breast Cancer in 2017 through a partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Foundation at the Grounds for Sculpture. This project was such a success a repeat performance was requested and in June 2019, Roxey Ballet performed to sold out houses at their former home, Canal Studios Theatre. This healing arts initiative continues due to high demand with new stories collaborating with a variety of service organizations that support survivors to create workshops, outreach, and support above and beyond the performances.

After sold-out performances in 2017 and 2019, The C Word returns by popular demand with fresh stories and partnerships with local organizations, providing workshops and support services beyond the stage.

The C Word: Personal Stories of Triumph Over Breast Cancer, will be performed on October 4th at 7pm, October 5th at 7pm, October 6th at 2pm, October 25th at 7pm, October 26th at 7pm and October 27th at 2om at Mill Ballet, 46 N Sugan Rd, New Hope, PA 18938.

Don't miss this powerful tribute to triumph over adversity!

Dates: October 4 - 27, 2024

Showtimes:

October 4th | 7:00 pm
October 5th | 7:00 pm
October 6th | 2:00 pm

October 25th | 7:00 pm
October 26th | 7:00 pm
October 27th | 2:00 pm

Location:

Mill Ballet School
46 North Sugan Road,
New Hope, PA, 18938

Tickets and more information are available at www.roxeyballet.org/cword.

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