Explore the journeys of women who were diagnosed, treated and survived various stages of breast cancer. This integrative, multimedia performances celebrate the strength of these survivors through the power of art and nature and their healing effects. Through their personal, physical and emotional trials, these women found support from their fellow survivors, families and friends, and learned 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.

The C-Word: Stories of Triumph Over Breast Cancer is a multi-media program with dance, music, art and theater celebrating the lives of breast cancer survivors. It is a song-cycle/ballet musical theatre event conceived, staged and choreographed by Mark Roxey with original music and lyrics by songwriting team Robert Maggio and Matthew Hardy.