Yara Arts Group stands in solidarity with all those seeking justice and equality
and those speaking out against police brutality and discrimination in all its forms.
FEATURED PROJECTS
Yara Arts Group at 30
Yara Arts Group at 30:
Video interview with Virlana by Halyna Stefanova on Yara's work (in Ukrainian)
Sept- Oct 2020
Special Virtual Series: Zinoviy Shtokalko
June - Aug 2020
Virtual Poetry, Art & Music Events
April - May 2020
Zhadan & Friends: 2020 virtually
Yara's 30 Quarantine House Party
December 2019
Koliada & Music from the Carpathians
Opera GAZ & Winter Songs on Mars
at La MaMa New York
ZInoviy Shtokalko, a virtuoso bandura player in New York, sang his own modernist poetry and stories in the 1950-60s.Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells the story, while Julian Kytasty, a master bandura player, shares Shtokalko’s recordings.Special guests: Marko R. Stech and Mike Andrec.
program & press release
Shtokalko:
Singer
of Tales
sang his own versions of ancient tales about Kyiv. Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells the story, while Julian Kytasty, a master bandura player, shares Shtokalko’s recordings. Special guest: Marko R. Stech from Toronto.
program & press release
Folk dancer:
Vasile Avramenko
This immigrant from Stebliv brought
Ukrainian dance to New York in 1929.
Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells his story, and talks to archivist Mike Andrec about recordings used in his dance classes and Yuri Shevchuk about Avramenko's hand in the first Ukrainian talking pictures. program & press release
Shtokalko:
Ukrainian
Epic Songs
ZInoviy Shtokalko, a virtuoso bandura player, brought the Ukrainian epic song tradition to New York in the 1950s & 60s Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells the story, while Julian Kytasty, a master bandura player, shares Shtokalko's recordings.
Special guests: Andrij Hornjatkevyc from Edmonton and Dmytro Hubyak from Ukraine. program & press release
Epic Poetry as Theatre:
"Er
Toshtuk"
Yara Arts Group has created several theatre pieces based on Kyrgyz epics including: “Er Toshtuk” (2009). Director Virlana Tkacz talks with participants and shows video clips. Bi-lingual (Kyrgyz & English) virtual event.
Bandurist: Zinoviy Shtokalko
This immigrant from Berezhany brought the Ukrainian epic song tradition to New York in the 1950s and developed it in the1960’s. Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells his story, while Julian Kytasty,a master bandurist, shares Shtokalko's recordings and plays work influenced by him.
program & press release
Shtokalko:
Instrumental
Music
ZInoviy Shtokalko, was a virtuoso bandura player in New York
in the 1950s & 60’s. Yara’s Virlana Tkacz tells the story, while
Julian Kytasty, a master bandura player, shares Shtokalko’s recordings.
Special guests: Dmytro Hubyak and his students from Ukraine.
program & press release
Poet:
Oleh Lysheha "Raven"
Yara Arts Group has created several theatre pieces based on poetry by Oleh Lysheha, including: “Raven” (2011). Director Virlana Tkacz talks with participants and shows video clips.
Poet:
Oleh Lysheha
"Swan"
Yara Arts Group has created several theatre pieces based on poetry by Oleh Lysheha, including: “Swan” (2003). Director Virlana Tkacz talks with participants and shows video clips.
program & press release
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