Crea Ruach Creative Arts Repertoire
Our newest works:
Title: Complete
I was inspired to create a piece on the Fruit of the Spirit. As I researched these, I found that the Holy Spirit is often mentioned in Scripture in connection with the Law: Law reveals sin, repentance leads to faith in Christ and redemption, and the receiving of the Holy Spirit. The fruit of that is again shown in abiding in Christ and him in us, and outliving the law – from the heart:
Jer 31:33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after that time," declares the LORD.
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
We have been working on three items (Fruit of the Spirit): Law, Joy and Peace.
Each section explores and visualizes essence and characteristics; as we were lead to interpret them.
Title: The Glasshouse
Corinne’s mother died in 1987, she was in her 40’s. As Corinne was approaching this decade as well, she was drawn to finally create a work in remembrance of her mother. The piece is depicting her life using the imagery of a rose, its early growth, the buds, the beauty when opened up, the storms, the hardship and the withering of the rose and death. The allergy of the glasshouse represents the confinement of her mothers life, she beautiful but captive of her own emotional and surrounding limitations.
Performance Items
» Cultural Dance (Fusion)
Title: ' Silsila ye chahat ka'
Taken of the movie soundtrack "Devdas"
Style: Indian Semi-classical/Bollywood
Performers: three dancers
Audience: All ages
This dance depicts the parable of the ten virgins awaiting the bridegroom. A short power point presentation will introduce the parable and then the dancers will dance a joyful expression of the announcement of the arrival of the bridegroom. The dance can also be presented without the power point presentation.
Title: Exuberance (David Danced)
Style: South American Samba/Ballet
Performers: Three dancers
Audience: All ages
Text: 'There is a time for everything, a time to weep, laugh, mourn, dance, embrace, refrain.. (Ecc 3:2-8). This dance is dedicated to the times of joy and exuberance, when we dance before God like David!'
Title: Daughters
Style: Celtic Dance (Scottish)/Contemporary
Performers: Four dancers
Audience: All ages
This dance is a wonderful expression of Celtic dance, depicting the verses from Psalm 45:10,11,15
"Listen, O Daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father's house.
The King is enthralled by your beauty; honour Him, for He us your Lord. They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the King."
The dance begins with a lyrical ballade, depicting the purity of heart as we dance with 'simple shoes' before God. It develops into a joyful Celtic dance expression, steps based on the Sword dance and the Highland Fling.
Title: Echo
Style: Ballet/Swiss Music and Theme
Performers: Two dancers
Audience: All ages
The Swiss Alps very much represent home and a place of belonging for Corinne Urquhart. She developed this dance as a prayer for the Holy Spirit to descend and touch the land and people. The imagery of the Alps and the Echo depicts the outworking of the Holy Spirit as it touches and moves through people's hearts and action, and echoes throughout their surroundings.
Title: Landmarks
Style: Contemporary/Australian Indigenous Music and Theme
Performers: Four dancers
Audience: All ages
Australian Indigenous Music and Theme. The dance is inspired by the Australian Indigenous People; how their spirituality is very much connected to their land. The walkabout connects them with their stories and history.
The Israelites also built altars to represent encounters with God - through which they left landmarks in space and time to remember God speaking to them. Whenever they travelled and passed by they remembered God's work on earth.
In this dance the dancers go through individual personal landmarks together, depicting God's work in and through them, ending in building a landmark of the cross.
Title: Ange qui chantent (Let the angel sing)
Style: Lyrical jazz/French language
Performers: One dancer
Audience: All ages Café style evenings
It's fun, it's romance, and it's sharing the exuberant feelings one has when being in love. It's also a reflection of being fully carried in God's love and enjoying His outpouring of joy and blessings.
» Testimonies
Title: Dancing Me In
Style: Contemporary
Performers: One dancers, one musician
Audience: Young adults, Adults, Café style evenings
A testimony of Corinne Urquhart depicting her journey to Christ. Throughout the piece paintings (projected with slides) are used. During the first part of the piece the dancer portrays her emotional response to the traumatic events of her past, which lead her closer to Christ. The second section expresses her conversion experience. This piece ends with the dancer expressing her gratitude and worship to God through a spontaneous dance sequence.
This item could be of particular interest for gatherings relating to healing or women's ministry, or for special services and cafe style evenings. An interview with Corinne is beneficial for the audience.
» Ministry Pieces
Title: Surge of Hope
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Three dancers, two musician
Audience: Adults
Power point: accompanying the dancers
Text: Romans 8:18-31 'The piece portrays the image of being washed ashore, kind of lying in the surf and being carried by the breaking waves. It is about taking that first step ashore, even if the 'where to go' is not clear. It depicts being in a transition stage, taking courage to step out, ashore, and taking up the calling, which God lays on one's heart! The power point images portray images of the dancers moving in the surf.
Title: Ask
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Three dancers
Audience: Adults
This work is a contemporary dance item, based on the most important prayers for Christians/believers 'our Father in Heaven' and bible passage 'ask and it will be given.'. The Choreography depicts the strength of continuous prayer and the perseverance of the believer not to give up asking and putting their hope and faith in their God! The movements are strong, direct, bound, but also yielding/reaching at the same time. The piece starts out with continous steady strong dance steps, direct and sharp, seeking and reaching for God. It then transitions into the expressed prayer to the resolution to yield to (floor work) and to prasise God. These movement aspects reflect the foundation of prayer: To ask, seek and to yield to God's leading!
Title: Crucified
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Two dancers
Audience: Youth, Adults The piece challenges the audience to reflect on their salvation - being crucified with Christ and laying down one's live for Him.
Title: Friends
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Two dancers
Audience: Youth, Adults, Women
'Friends' is a journey of two women, expressing their hopes, fears and growing trust. It portrays being faced with each other's vulnerabilities and strengths, and leads to unified worship.
Title: Take my heart
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Two dancers
Audience: All ages
This work is a worship dance piece (modern ballet dance), reflecting on the believers time spent in prayer and adoration. It shows the internal urges of one's heart cry to connect with God, to be lead in His word and ways'. The movements are soft, open, gentle and reflective. The organic flow of movement depicts the intimate and most yielding ways of relating to God our Maker and Lover.
Title: Philippians
Style: Contemporary
Performers: One dancers
Audience: All ages
A journey through the book of Philippians. The dancer moves and recites the Scripture verse by verse. Two chapters of the book are completed As the dancers moves through the Scripture, it will bring the Scripture alive very visual!!
Title: Dance With Me
Style: Classical Ballet
Performers: Four dancers
Audience: All ages
A beautiful worship and praise dance
» Traditional
Title: OH Jah
Style: Ballet/ribbons/tambourines
Performers: Four dancers
Audience: Youth, Adults
Ribbon/tambourine dance.
» Contemporary
Title: Got Nothin'
Performers: Rebecca Roberts, Corinne Urquhart
Music: Answering machine messages' by Corinne & Robert Urquhart
Audience: Youth, Adults
Text: "We can strive all our lives and miss God's beauty through other people around us, but unless we pause and listen, respond and appreciate, we realize we've got nothin'!"
» Dance Video Title: Burnout
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Five dancers, one musician
Audience: All ages
(Inspired by 'Burnout' from 'Friedman's fables' by Edwin H. Friedman).
"Burnout...turned a serious subject - the problem of waste and system collapse - into an amusing episode in a fish tank.a well prepared blend of movement and words had entertained us with its macro-micro ideas and tasteful. jokes."
Reviewed by Jill Sykes , Sydney Morning Herald, May 31 2002
Title: New Life
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Two dancers, one child
Audience: All ages, especially mothers & mothers to be.
The two dancers, both pregnant, express their prayers and hope for their unborn children through this dance. All the questions, concerns, hopes and fears are brought before Christ, reaching to him in worship and adoration. It's their prayer for help, protection, support and strength.
Title: Breathe
Style: Contemporary
Performers: One dancer
Audience: All ages
This dance is a beautiful worship piece, suitable for congregational worship. It is a visual invitation to draw near to God and to praise him.
Title: Walking on Water
Style: Contemporary
Performers: Four dancers, one musician
Audience: All ages This piece raises the issue of how our society deals with pain, pain relief and chronic pain. This item is accompanied by a dance piece depicting some emotions that come with pain, such as frustration, a feeling of isolation and denial, but also show what pain can bring forth - transitions, change and new life.
Title: In the Waiting
Style: Contemporary
Performers: four dancers
Audience: All ages
This dance depicts people waiting on God, their search for direction and hope for change. The imagery used - bench, train, tracks enhance the underlying message of being on a 'traveling' journey, waiting on God's guidance.
Suitable During Worship Time The following items are suitable for church services (worship time).
Dance and Music in Contemporary & Ballet Style, will be danced as the band is leading people into worship
1) Sweet Breath of Heaven (D. Ruis) Ballet
2) Hold me Jesus (R. Mullins) Contemporary
3) Breathe (M. W. Smith) Ballet
4) Amazing Love (G. Kendrick) Contemporary
5) Hear our praises Traditional (ribbons)
Worship Music Resources: -
Worship music resources we are familiar with, from which you can select songs for use in the service:
Hillsong, Maranatha, Scripture in Song, Resource, Hosanna Integrity, Whitehorse ( Oxford Falls ), Vineyard, Taize |
