Text Box: (suppressed during Soviet times) which was written down by Ivan Zelenchuk, father of one of the performers in this show. There is so much amazing material presented here, starting with old winter songs (published 1693) which must be sung to insure the coming of the harvest. Next comes the enactment of a Ukrainian nativity puppet play from 1774. The conclusion has goat songs--where the goat goes, the grain grows--backed up by the high-energy Lemon Bucket Orkestra under the direction of Mark Marczek. (continues on page 2) Text Box: tsymbaly (hammered dulcimer), and trembita (mountain horn made from a lightning-stuck pine tree). The Hutsul people live in the highlands of Southern Ukraine and the Maramures and Bukovina regions of Northern Romania.  They wear colorful embroidered clothing (here credited to Keiko Obremski and Mykola Zelenchuk) and play the fiddle with a unique tuning. Virlana Tkacz and the other dedicated people from Yara Arts Group have assembled age-old artistry from the region Text Box: Yara’s new show Midwinter Night premiered at La MaMa Experimental Theatre December 27 to 30, 2012. Here are some reviews: Yara Arts Group has been working with traditional artists from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Siberia since 1990. For Text Box: Yara’s Midwinter Night

Yara’s Store

2

Midwinter Night—reviews

2

Koliada at the Ukrainian Museum

3

Yara presents  Poetry Videos  at Kinofest

3

Now in Yara’s Office

Romana Soutus

4

Extracurricular Activities

4
Text Box: Up Coming Events Yara Arts Group presents Video Poetry at Kinofest April 7 at 6PM Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6 St, NYC See page 3 Andrea Odezynka’s “Felt Feelings and Dreams” at Kinofest April 7 at 1PM Ukrainian Museum, 222 East 6 St, NYC See page 2 SAVE THE DATES Yara’s next theatre piece FIRE. WATER. NIGHT. Kupala. Forest Song. June 7-17, 2013 La MaMa Theatre, 66 East 4 St, NYC Text Box: Number 67 Text Box: March 2013

Yara arts group

Newsletter
Text Box: Midwinter Night  they team up with Koliadnyky--a traditional music group from the Carpathian mountains -- and Toronto's Balkan-punk Lemon Bucket Orkestra to create a Christmastime Ukrainian pageant. Well, the musical instruments and customs of these residents of remote mountain areas probably pre-date Christianity, but have been adapted to make it a colorful holiday. You will see songs about the creation of the stars, a dance battle between old babushkas and the goat who is believed to make the crops grow, and fabulous solos on the bandura (an astonishing folk instrument with up to 68 strings), duda (goat-skin bagpipes), Text Box: Best wishes for the year of the water snake! Text Box: The design of the new commemorative five hryvnia coin in Ukraine features a snake.

go to    page 2    page 3    page 4   Yara Home