Virtual events
December 2022
Hutsul Keptar Jackets
2023
Hutsul Honey
Ivan Zelenchuk of Kryvorivnia, a legendary village in the Carpathians, is a traditional beekeeper. He shares his secrets with us.
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Video by Maria Zelenchuk Dosiak
June 2021
Virtual Forest Song
Yara's Virtual Theatre performance of Lesia Ukrainka's verse play "The Forest Song" from 1911 performed in English with Ukrainian
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May 2021
Hutsul Cheese Horses
2022-2023
Poetry in Performance
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
Ukrainian Culture in America
October, 2021
Yara's Forest Songs
February - March, 2021
Fire Water Night (2013) program | press release | video
Yara's Forest Song (1994)
program | press release | video
Yara's Forest Song (1993)
program | press release | video
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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
Vasile Avramenko, dancer 1930s
Zinoviy Shtokalko, bandurist 1950s
Oleh Lysheha, poet 1990s
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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Yara's World Epic Festival
Winter, 2020
Ukrainian Duma program | video link
Kyrgyz Epic Songs program | video link
Finnish Kalevala program | video link
African American Songs program | video link
Shtokalko Series
September, 2020
Zinoviy Shtokalko, epic songs
Zinoviy Shtokalko, epic modernist program | video link
Zinoviy Shtokalko, singer of tales program | video link
Zinoviy Shtokalko, instrumental music video link