Virtual Events

Yara Events

2022-2023

One actor. One poem. Yara actors read our English translations of poetry by: Taras Shevchenko, Lesia Ukrainka, Pavlo Tychyna, Oksana Zabuzhko, Attila Mohylny, Victoria Stakh, Serhiy Zhadan, Kateryna Babkina

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Poetry in Performance

Videos

February, 2022 - Three part series

On Yara's exhibitions about theatre director Les Kurbas:

Kurbas: New Worlds

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Kurbas in Kharkiv program | video

Kurbas in Kyiv program | video

Les Kurbas

Catalog

Fall, 2022 - Four part series

On a master bandura player

Kytasty Family program | video
Bandura in the Diasporas

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Reexamining the Tradition

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Yara Arts Group program | video

Julian Kytasty

Review

December 2022

Maria Zelenchuk Dosiak shares how she makes traditional keptar jackets.

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Hutsul Keptar Jackets

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June 2021

Yara's Virtual Theatre performance of Lesia Ukrainka's verse play from 1911

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Virtual Forest Song

May 2021

Maria Zelenchuk of Kryvorivnia shares how she makes horses from cheese.

Hutsul Cheese Horses

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Coming Soon

Ukrainian Culture in America

October, 2021

Andrea Odezynska, born in Philadelphia, has directed award-winning independent films.

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Program

Yara's Forest Songs

February - March, 2021

Fire Water Night (2013) program | press release | video

Yara's Forest Song (1994)

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Yara's Forest Song (1993)

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Virtual Forest Song (2021) video

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Ukrainian Culture in America Series

Summer, 2020

Pawlo Humeniuk, folk fiddler 1920s

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Vasile Avramenko, dancer 1930s

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Zinoviy Shtokalko, bandurist 1950s

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Oleh Lysheha, poet 1990s

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Ukrainian Culture in America

October, 2021

Tanya Vovk, bandura player from Minnesota, shares her story and music with director Virlana Tkacz. Master bandura player Julian Kytasty and Alina Kuzma join the discussion.

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