Aslan Performing Arts Centre

Based on the understanding that modern Europe is a post-Christian continent, with many prejudices against the Christian symbols and traditions, and not interested in what the church seems to represent as an institution any more. We, at the APAC, take into account that very often this fact stands on the way for the communication of the gospel message. We believe with the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, that: Æ’‚‚‚‚“the development of strategies for world evangelization call for imaginative pioneering methodsÆ’‚‚‚‚â€, and therefore we see a need for ways and means to build bridges of communication and create a common ground for dialogue and conversation with the unbeliever in Spain. For this reason we provide a platform where we deal with social, artistic and cultural issues that are relevant to a religiously apathetic society; a place where we can engage in conversation, in a natural-nonthreatening way with the unbeliever. This dialogue contributes to break the barriers of prejudice and misunderstanding, and facilitates the way for raising awareness for moral values and principles in this secular mind set. It also provides us with the opportunity to show genuine love, interest and concern for the individual as made in the image of God. All of this leads the conversation on to spiritual issues, absolutes and finally to the communication of the gospel message, as it has indeed happened in some cases already.

We are committed to an artistic education that is not only focused on the acquisition of knowledge and the mastering of the skills needed to produce a great virtuoso. We are aware of the important role that a good education plays in the shaping of a human life and the making of a mature person, able to deal with the different challenges and aspects of the human experience. We see this holistic, artistic education as contributing to the development of a special aesthetic sensitivity, a sound, critical attitude and the moulding of an ethical approach to life that deals with the individual as a person and not as an impersonal robotic entity. This approach is based on a firm conviction that the Judeo-Christian values have a lot to contribute and are still relevant in this post-Christian society. Our regular program of dance, music and theatre classes as well as the workshops, seminars, camps and the production of shows follows the application of these criteria. As part of this Christian approach we also see the need to encourage social integration and facilitate the way for children and adults from underprivileged backgrounds to be able to benefit from our program of classes and all the other artistic events and activities.