Nov. 14, 11am, Westminster Sanctuary
Suggested Donation $15 per person, $30 per family. The proceeds will supply art materials for the Community and Service Center so that people can engage creatively in the warmth of that space throughout the winter. This performace is open to everyone, if cost is a challenge, please join the event at no cost. A light lunch following the performance is included. The audience is capped at 95 spaces. We encourage you to save your seat sooner rather than later!
The Sanctuary Project:
Choreographer and Associate Professor of Dance at Hope College, Lindsey Hanson, has produced performances throughout 2026 in four different sacred spaces creating the collective project-
The Sanctuary Project. The performance at Westminster, on Nov. 14th, will be the final performance, made possible becasue of a $250,000 grant from the Creative Arts Collective.
The Sanctuary Project is a site-specific concept of dance in collaboration with a church’s architecture and values. It is a continual body of work that is re-imagined based on the host church. At each site, the project is customized in order to uplift and enhance the building’s unique architecture as well as the congregation’s values. The Sanctuary Project has taken form in new spaces, reintroducing a church to its congregation. This project merges historic architecture through an innovative lens. Watch the 2026 film of the production
Seraphim here. Professional videographer, Jonny Yepez, will produce a film of the perfomance, including ariel images.
Director’s note on Always:
Always is an embodied expression of Westminster Presbyterian’s mission: ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda–“the Church reformed, always reforming.”
The dance explores the theme of “always” and how it is bedrock to our faith in the triune God: through all the twists and turns of life, throughout history and into the future, God is always faithful. The steadfastness of “always” is paramount to the good news. God’s power, provision, and grace are never-ending, always present.
My hope is that this work invites you to see your space, our world, and our shared, everyday lives with new eyes, looking for the eternal “always.”
Lindsey Hanson is a choreographer and Associate Professor of Dance at Hope College. Her performance career has spanned Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, The Kennedy Center, television, cruise lines, and immersive theater, including Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell.
Hanson is the creator of The Sanctuary Project, a series of site-specific dance works created in collaboration with the architecture of sacred spaces. Her award-winning dance film Sanctuary has screened at 13 national and international film festivals, including the Palm Springs Dance Film Festival. Her site-specific works have been presented in collaboration with Redeemer Presbyterian Church, the University of Notre Dame, Pillar Church, and Hope College’s Dimnent Chapel.
As a passionate dance artist, Hanson finds joy in bringing site-specific dance to sacred spaces, weaving together faith and creativity. Each new project is a welcomed challenge, as every space presents a unique opportunity to reimagine and evolve her work. With every collaboration, she’s drawn to the potential for transformation and communal impact. She’s eager to connect with like-minded individuals and organizations to bring new and innovative projects to life.
