Events

Friday, March 30 - 12:30-1:15 p.m.

Dance of Hope strives to restore dignity and self-confidence to Ugandan children through teaching life skills, music, and the arts. The group of children, aged 7 to 16 years old, delivers a rich cultural experience packed with passionate rhythms, sensational sounds, and exhilaratingly colorful choreography. Performances explores the transformational power of music and dance to raise awareness and improve the way of life for the many children that are orphaned, displaced, or living in poverty. This vibrant music and dance spectacular features Africa’s newest cast of young performers, whose triumphant and inspiring human turnaround stories showcase a resilience born of sounds that enhance creativity, persistence, and change.

This concert is made possible by the Marianne Tobias Music Program at Eskenazi Health and presented in conjunction with the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Bloomington, Indiana (est. 1994). Its mission is to create opportunities to experience, celebrate, and explore the diversity of the world's cultures, through music and the arts. The Foundation’s flagship program is the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, which takes place in the fall in Bloomington. The Festival is one of the oldest world music festivals in the U.S. and attracts more than 12,000 attendees and nearly 30 artists from all over the world.