Past Events

Mark your calendars to join us Tuesday, September 12 at 1:00pm at Trinity and Elm Street in Hartford. Along the walk, Amal will experience dance, music, and live performance to guide her journey, ending with a celebration at the Burr Mall.

Little Amal is a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl who has traveled across 13 countries meeting more than a million people, and watched by tens of millions more online. This fall, she will journey 6,000 miles across the United States in one of the largest free public festivals ever created.

35 towns and cities from Boston to San Diego and 1,000+ artists and arts organizations will create 100+ events to welcome her. Amal’s journeys of art and hope celebrate the rich stories of refugees, immigrants and displaced people, and the communities that welcome them.

Amal tries to find her way through Hartford when a family of cheeky squirrels test her determination. The streets pulse with music and Amal discovers that chasing squirrels can also be a kind of dance…

In partnership with Alber Baseel (Percussionist, National Arab Orchestra), Ameen Mokdad, Anne Cubberly, City of Hartford, Cuatro Puntos, Greater Hartford Arts Council (GHAC), Studio860, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, The Bushnell’s Ensign Darling Vocal Fellows-New Voices, led by Artistic Director Ariana Valdes and with musical arrangements by James Rushin, Connecticut Immigration and Refugee Coalition (CIRC), Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, First Presbyterian Church of Hartford, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant, Services (IRIS), Paula J. Santos, Bushnell Teaching Artist, and Wadsworth Atheneum.

Everyone is welcome to walk with Amal. Join us! This event is FREE and open to the public.

The Curve at Wesleyan University

Saturday, October 14th, 5:00 pm

Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University

Moving Dialogue at St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Sunday, October 8th

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

This Moving Dialogue Performance is an interactive performance experience that allows the audience to Watch, Engage, and Discover. Watch a choreographed dance, Engage in guided movement, and Discover the wisdom we hold in our bodies. This experience is accessible to all ages and abilities. Dance experience is not necessary, just the willingness to watch, engage, and discover as you feel led!

5x5 Dance Festival

Saturday, November 4th, 7:00 pm

University of St. Joseph

Ekklesia has once again been selected to present work at the annual 5x5 Dance Festival. We will be premiering out new piece, Unfold, which was choreographed this summer by the JA Collective, a choreographic due who has worked for artists such as half alive, Olivia Rodrigo, and Blink-182.

Hope of Loving Concert

November 5th, 7:00 pm

Trinity Episcopal Church

Ekklesia will be presenting our distinguished and impactful work, Dark Night, as well as two newly commissioned pieces. These works will be performed with live music and singing by the Choir School of Hartford. The combination of these emotional and dynamic works with the powerful live music is sure to be sensational.

Ahavah: The Story of Christmas

Saturday, December 2nd, 1:00 pm

Middletown High School

Ahavah: The Story of Christmas has become a Christmas tradition for the Shoreline Community for over a decade, and ECB is excited to bring this tradition to the Middletown community. Taking you back in time to experience the astonishing true story behind Christmas, Ahavah is a delight for the whole family. The joy and enchantment of the season are palpable in this telling of a timeless story. Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet and Ekklesia School of Ballet join together once more to present Ahavah.

All the proceeds from the ballet are donated to the local soup kitchen!

Ahavah: The Story of Christmas

Saturday, December 2nd, 6:00 pm

Middletown High School

All the proceeds from the ballet are donated to the local soup kitchen!

Ahavah: The Story of Christmas

Sunday, December 3rd at 4:00 pm

Middletown High School

Get Tickets here! All the proceeds from the ballet are donated to the local soup kitchen!

Annual Homeless Person's Memorial Candlelight Service

Thursday, December 21st, 5:00 pm

Church of the Holy Trinity

Community Health Center, Inc. and Saint Vincent DePaul Middletown invite you to join us for the Annual Homeless Persons' Memorial Candlelight Service Thursday, December 21, 2023 5:00 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity at 381 Main Street, Middletown. Please join us in solidarity with local friends and neighbors to honor and remember those who have experienced homelessness and lost their lives in 2023. Help us fight homelessness through your presence and advocacy.

The Curve at Loomis Chafee School

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Loomis Chafee School, Hubbard Performance Hall

4 Batchelder Rd, Windsor, CT 06095

This event is FREE and open to the public! No registration necessary.

Living Stories Open Mic Night

Thursday, March 7th, 6:00-8:00 pm

Wadsworth Mansion

The Wadsworth Mansion invites you to a fun evening of food and drink! Bring your poetry that expresses your story. This FREE event accompanies a gallery opening for the art installation of The Living Stories performance program which runs through March 8th and 9th.

Click Here to Register for this Free Event!

Living Stories

Friday, March 8th, 2024 at 11:30 am

Wadsworth Mansion

A collaborative performance of live music, poetry and dance bringing the stories of displaced youth to life.

Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet is creating a new work with the Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and Narratio, a refugee youth organization that supports creative expression for displaced populations. Fellows from the Narratio Fellowship Program will be telling their stories through poetry set to music by Iraqi composer Ameen Mokdad and visualized through choreography by ECB Artistic Director Elisa Schroth.

A series of four performances will be presented at Middletown’s Wadsworth Mansion. This specific performance exclusively for 4th and 5th graders from MacDonough Elementary School in Middletown. Accompanying classroom instruction will enable Macdonough students to write their own stories.