Koliada: Twelve Dishes (2005)
Production
forces of nature, animal spirits and the dead come to dinner
The production follows the Yara Arts Group style of dramatizing ancient myths with movement, world music, and songs sung in many languages. Songs and incantations of the ritual were translated for the show into English by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps. Contemporary scenes used in the production were written by Serhiy Zhadan, Ukraine's hottest young poet, who was leader of the tent city in Kharkiv (the "Chicago" of Ukraine) during the country's "Orange Revolution."
Work on "Koliada…" started in rehearsals conducted by director Virlana Tkacz with Yara and Ukrainian artists in Kiev in November, 2004. It was presented as a work-in-progress during the Orange Revolution at the Les Kurbas Center, only meters away from the demonstrations in the Square.
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Work on "Koliada…" started in rehearsals conducted by director Virlana Tkacz with Yara and Ukrainian artists in Kiev in November, 2004. It was presented as a work-in-progress during the Orange Revolution at the Les Kurbas Center, only meters away from the demonstrations in the Square.
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March 4 – 20, 2005
English
PROD.2005.0008
Virlana Tkacz (director), Yara Arts Group (author), Watoku Ueno (designer), Mariana Sadovska (music), Wanda Phipps (translator), Andrea Odezynska (contributor), Andrew Colteaux (performer), Olenka Denysenko (performer), George Drance (performer), Siho Ellsmore (performer), Allison Hiroto (performer), Olga Shuhan (performer), Vira Slywotzky (performer), Meredith Wright (performer), Hutsul koliadnyky (performer), Ivan Zelenchuk (performer), Dmytro Tafiychuk (performer), Shigeko Suga (choreographer), Serhiy Zhadan (author), Oleg Braude (stage manager), Stefano Zazzera (contributor)
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