The Children's Crusade

 

The Children's Crusade is a "mega-musical" based on a true historical event, Biblical quotes, and spiritual concepts.

This crusade is particularly fallow ground for musicalization. The emotions of the events from the children’s youthful zeal to the robust morality of the knights to the deep sense and ache of loss from the mothers, blend in a musical montage of glory and passion. The battle dance between the Christian Knights and the Turkish Warriors is an outstanding physical encounter, acrobatic and decisive, which can include flying across the stage and over the audience in incredible maneuvers that are breathtaking and frightening. This musical is unique, another Riverdance.

Featuring:

"In the Coming Battle"

"You Can Hear Us Singing"

 

 

Performance Clips

 

The Children's Crusade was written to honor the thousands of boys and girls who, in 1212, marched over the Alps, some in bare feet, toward Jerusalem.