Yara 20 Years of Theatre 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   YARA 20 YEARS OF THEATRE A Festival of Art, Poetry, Song and Music Friday- Sunday January 22-24, 2010 Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street at Fifth Avenue in New York Celebrating Two Decades of Dreams and Destinations Friday, January 22, 2010 Opening of art exhibit inspired by texts from Yara's 20 theatre productions curated by Virlana Tkacz and Yorie Akiba participating visual artists: Janyl Alibaeva, Anya Farion, Annette Friedman, Maya Hayuk, Roman Hrab, Petro Hrycyk, Peter Ihnat, Shu Kubo, Margaret Morton, Andrea Odezynska, Marko Shuhan, Makoto Takeuchi, Watoku Ueno, Marybeth Ward and Andrea Wenglowskyj PERFORMANCES FRIDAY Poets: Christina Lillian Turczyn, Vasyl Makhno, Jeanie Bogart, Krystia Lucenko, Candece Tarpley, Olena Jennings, Wanda Phipps & Askold Melnyczuk Musicians: Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert on harp, Redentor Jimenez on guitat & Julian Kytasty on bandura Dancers Inka Juslin, Katja Kolcio and Nicole Stanton, as well as Deanna Klapishchak & Aaron Profumo PERFORMANCES SATURDAY Yara artists: Yorie Akiba, Cecilia Arana, Sean Eden, John Guth, Allison Hiroto, Akiko Hiroshima, Jullian Kytasty, Tom Lee, Eleanor Lipat-Chesler, Stefka Nazarkewycz, Francois Nnang, Lilia Pavlovsky, Wanda Phipps, Katy Selverstone, Olga Shuhan, Georgia Southern, Shigeko Suga, Shona Tucker and Meredith Wright perform poems and songs from Yara productions. Consul of Ukraine presents the Order of Princess Olha to Virlana Tkacz and Yara Arts Group Music by Debutante Hour and food Artist Olesia Lew presents: Yara's World Market: Food from the Silk Road to the Carpathians WORKSHOP SUNDAY Shu Kubo conducts workshop in Japanese paper cutting For more information on Yara 20 Years of Theatre For press and photos