EVENTS: POETRY, MUSIC & ART

FIRE & FROST: Yara's Winter Festival press | photos

KURBAS IN KYIV

“KURBAS IN KYIV” museum exhibit celebrating the work of experimental theatre director in 1920s Kyiv exhibition February 25 - October 25, 2017 at the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema, Lavra, Kyiv press release: English | Ukrainian | photos related events: The Kurbas School - March 25, 2017 with Natalia Iermakova on Kurbas and his students Kurbas and Film - March 19, 2017 with Oleh Sydor-Hybelinda on Films Playing in Kyiv, Virlana Tkacz on Kurbas Use of Film in Theatre, Oleksandr Teliuk on Kurbas, VUFKU & Tasin and Olha Danyliuk on Film & New Media in Theatre Kurbas in Kyiv special curator's tour with Virlana Tkacz (in Ukrainian) February 26, March 4 & 16, 2017 (in English) March 13 & 19, 2017 Around Kurbas - on artists around Kurbas March 4, 2017 with Yaryna Tsymbal on Mykhail Semnko, Tetiana Rudenko on Vadym Meller, Olena Taranchenko on Anatoli Butsky Virlana Tkacz on Nadia Shuvarska & Bronislava Nijinska Kurbas in Kyiv - exhibition opening February 25, 2017 Media Lectures by Virlana Tkacz: "American Avant-Garde Theatre and Musicals" at Kurbas Center more Virlana Tkacz talk on Espreso TV includes clips from Yara shows: "Scythian Stones," "Circle" and "Dark Night Bright Stars"

THE NIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING press release | photos

YARA 25 : LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD

“Yara at 25: Looking Back/ Moving Forward” museum exhibit celebrating the 25th anniversary of Yara Arts Group Jan 24- March 8, 2015 at The Ukrainian Museum, New York City Olena Jennings about the exhibit Yara perforamance at The Ukrainian Museum photos La MaMa's Coffeehouse Chronicles: video Feb 25 - April 15, 2016 Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema in Kyiv photos: opening EVENTS in Kyiv Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Batiuk & Larysa Rusnak on working with Yara on poetry March 19, 2016 photos Nina Matvienko on singing with Yara March 5, 2016 photos Hutsul Koliada in Theatre with Yara February 28, 2016 photos | video

CHORNOBYL SONG PROJECT workshop in ritual songs of Polissia April 23, 2015 Chornobyl Song Project - CD release concert at the Ukrainian Museum April 25, 2015

YARA'S Translations of Serhiy Zhadan's poetry is part of the 2015 Venice Biennale       PHOTOS of the installation | read the poems

HOME EAST HOME EAST, architectural installation by Waldemart Klyuzko presented by Yara Arts Group, features the covering of the windows of the building of the Ukrainian Institute of America with red and white tape. More HOME EAST Lit up at night May 9 to 11 from 9 - 11 PM photo PHOTOS the process of installation May 9 -11, 2015 | opening night photos The Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th St Street New York facebook event | video of audience reaction HOME EAST at VDNH in Kyiv press release | photos

KYLYMS March 4 – 15, 2015 “Kylyms” art by Waldemart Klyuzko La MaMa Galleria New York, NY  klyuzko-kylyms

May 17- Sept 30, 2014 We Are All Ukraine, art by Waldemart Klyuzko Ukrainian Museum New York, NY press release | photos April 4-6 2014 We Are All Ukraine, art by Waldemart Klyuzko Ukrainian League Philadelphia, PA March 28-30 2014 We Are All Ukraine, art by Waldemart Klyuzko The Latvian Society Philadelphia, PA

March 29, 2014 Ukrainian Folk Paper Cut-Out Workshop by K.kava (KLYUZKO KA & VA) Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center Jenkintown, PA photos

YARA ARTS GROUP IN LVIV May 1, 2014 -- Yara's performs for the Muzohraf Festival at Dzyga in Lviv May 5, 2014 -- Yara performs at the celebration of 150 years of Ruska Besida Theatre, vul Teatralna, Lviv

Light & Shadow Yara's Festival of New Art, Music & Performances January 17-19, 2014 - Ukrainian Institute of America, New York | reviews photos of art & performances | photos from performances Saturday | photos from shadow puppet show "the curious case of the sidewalk tree"

NEW YORK BOWERY POETRY CLUB LIVE IN KYIV & LVIV: Sept 12, 2013 Les Kurbas Theatre in Lviv Sept 20, 2013 University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv also: Sept 28, 2013 " Epic Songs, Dumas, Hip Hop and the Oral Tradition" Honchar Museum in Kyiv. more about event in Lviv and Kyiv | photos | book

YARA ARTS GROUP AT LVIV BOOK FORUM Sept, 2013 -- Yara's theatre piece "Capt John Smith Goes to Ukraine" at Dzyga Sept 15, 2012 -- Yara - Transforming Ukrainian Poetry into TheatreVoskresinnia Theatre | more photos Sept 11, 2012 -- Yara - Experimental Theatre and Old Time Music Dzyga |more photos Sept 17, 2011 -- Yara - Ukrainian Poetry: From Page to Stage on festival | press & photos participants & photos | more photos

YARA ARTS GROUP & KATERYNA BABKINA at: KINOFESTNYC April 7, 2013 Yara presents Video Poetry at KinofestNYC | list of videos & BOWERY POETRY CLUB April 13, 2013 Kateryna Babkina reads from her new book Mustard

Yara's Winter Festival of New Arts, Music and Poetery Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street at Fifth Avenue New York City Jan 27, 2012 opening of art exhibit with readings by writers, music & dance Jan 28, 2012 music workshop with Alla Zahaykevych                  performances by Yara actors, Ensemble Hilka, Alla Zahaykevych & friends                        + party with Debutante Hour & food by Olesia Lew/Veselka Bowery Jan 29, 2012 Music in the Wood, a shadow puppet show by Watoku Ueno for children 6-106 on festival | press & photos participants & photos | more photos

MODERNISM IN KYIV: Jubilant Experimentation Edited by Irena R. Makaryk and Virlana Tkacz Nov 16, 2010 -- Book Launch - Columbia University in New York Nov 13, 2010 -- Conference - Shevchenko Scientific Society - USA in New York Nov 12, 2010 -- Book Launch - Ukrainian Museum in New York Oct 28, 2010 -- Presentation - Daniliw Seminar at University of Ottawa Oct 16, 2010 -- Seminar - Shevchenko Scientific Society - Canada in Toronto Oct 15, 2010 -- Book Launch - University of Toronto on book | reviews where to get book

April 3, 2011 Whippany, NJ

KYRGYZSTAN: Celestial Mountians Kyrgyz Epics, Traditional Music, Art and Photography February - April, 2007 Feb 23 -- Epic Songs Across the Steppe at the Ukrainian Museum in New York Feb 28 -- Sakhna Kyrgyz Epic Songs at Columbia University Mar 10 to 11 -- Exhibit of Kyrgyz Traditional Art at La MaMa Club Mar 17 -- Kyrgyz Traditional Music and Art at New York Public Library Mar 28 -- Kyrgyz Epic Theatre at Columbia Univeristy - Theatre Division Apr 3 to 6 -- Kyrgyzstan: Celestial Mountains a cluster of events in Saratoga Srpings, NY -- including photo exhibit, concerts, talks and craft bazaar Apr 13 -- Kyrgyz Epic Songs at Philadelphia Community College see also: Janyl for pictures and press on Yara's show based on Kyrgyz epic Janyl at La MaMa for more information on show in New York March 2007 Janyl Myrza for pictures from work-in-porgress in Bishkek summer 2006 The Land of Janyl Myrza for pictures from research trip in Kyrgyzstan July 2006

YARA IS 15 A Celebration with Two Film Premieres and Poetry in Performance at La MaMa Annex September 24, 2005 Press release and information Press and photos from the event

YARA ARTS GROUP performs InVerse: Poetry in Performance Yara actors perform Ukrainian poetry in original and in translations by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps at Harvard, July 29, 2005 with film by Amy Grappell in Hunter, July 23, 2005 with slides of Yara productions in Dutchess Community College, Nov 22, 2005 as talk with slides by artistic director Virlana Tkacz with performances by Yara Arts Group of: 20th century Ukrainian poems, 7th century Japanese women’s poetry, traditional Siberian epics, and contemporary American verse. at Soyuzivka July 6, 2003

POEMS FOR THE BOWERY Serhiy Zhadan reads at the Bowery Poetry Club while Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps read translations of his work at Bowery Poetry Club, February 15, 2005 More on Zhadan, event & poems

A REVOLUTION IN ORANGE photos by Alexander Khantaev from the 17 day non-violent struggle for democracy in Ukraine Ukrainian Museum 222 E 6th St, New York from August 24, 2005 Humanities Gallery of The Cooper Union East Village, New York February 28-March 11, 2005

KUPALA IN THE GARDEN Nights of ritual, song, art and anarchy with Yara artists: Mariana Sadovska, Akiko Hiroshima, Allison Hiroto, Iryna Hrechko, Eleanor Lipat, Jun Kim, Lya Kotys, Roksolana Luchkan, Tchan Montmory, Piroshka, Odarka Polanska, John and Stan Rublowsky, Gloria San Antonio, Olga Shuhan, Anais Tekerian, Eunice Wong Experimental Bandura Trio: Julian Kytasty, Mike Andrec and Jurij Fedynskyi with Natalia Honcharenko Budmo: Valeryi Zhmud, Roman Galynsky, Mykhailo Gnatyuk,and Petro Gorganyuk Svitanje: Kim Fechak, Sibelan Forrester, Yelena Forrester,Laura Howson, Mary Kalyna and Matalija Mijatovic Kolo Project: Katja Kolcio and many others assembled by Virlana Tkacz June 22 & 29, 2002 at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden E 9th St & Ave C, NYC plus Midsummer Night Song workshops June 15-16 at La MaMa and a concert by Mariana Sadovska June 26 at the Club at La MaMa More, plus pictures one participant on Mariana's Workshops

YARA ARTS GROUP performs excerpts from A HUNDRED YEARS OF YOUTH: A Bilingual Anthology of 20th Century Ukrainian Poetry Yara actors perform poetry to celebrate the publication of this new award-winning book. The book, edited by Olha Luchuk and Michael M. Naydan, features the work of 100 Ukrainian poets in English translations by forty-four translators, including 30 translations by Yara's Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps at the New York Public Library at Tompkins Square October 27, 2001 More plus pictures

KUPALA: New Traditions for Pagan Slavic Midsummer Night A new look at old music and tradtions with Yara artists and friends, the Experimental Bandura Trio, Budmo Musical Group and that Hutz guy. La MaMa Galleria June 23, 2001 6th St Ave B Garden July 6, 2001 More plus pictures

MALANKA contemporary artists, writers & performers react to the pagans A weekend festival featuring: works by 18 visual artists inspired by ancient Ukrainian winter songs, special gala concert of winter songs, a reception with a food installation, a concert of new interpretations of ancient winter songs and readings of new poetry at the Ukrainian Institute of America, New York 1/2001 More plus pictures

GOGOL/HOHOL: Contemporary Artists,Writers & Performers React to the Master A weekend festival featuring: featuring works by 20 visual artists a festival of films based on his work, a concert of folk songs that inspired Gogol performed by Maryanna Sadovska, Tristra Newyear and Julian Kytasty, a performance by Yara actors of prose poems by Christine Turczyn inspired by Gogol, Eugene Hutz reading his own Gogolesque stories, Kolo Dance Project /Katja Kolcio performing a Gogol-inspired installation/movement piece and the reading of an original play inspired by Gogol's short story. Ukrainian Institute of America February 4-6, 2000 More plus pictures

HARVEST: Ukrainian Folk Song Today. A weekend festival featuring: "Sing With The Ancestors" a workshop in Ukrainian folk singing, "Ancient Song, New Voices" a concert by Alexis Kochan and Julian Kytasty and & song presentation by Maryana Sadovska, "New Music From Old Sources" contemporary bandura from Kyiv and New York with: Julian Kytasty, Roman Hrynkiw and the Experimental Bandura Trio at the Ukrainian Institute of America, New York 11/99

POETRY: INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES 19 visual artists create installations inspired by Ukrainian poems throughout three floors of a Fifth Avenue mansion, Yara actors perform Ukrainian poetry bilingually, poets read their new work Ukrainian Institute of America, January 29-31, 1999 From Curator, Reviews & Participants

THE YEAR 2020 CONFERENCE

Shona Tucker, Cecilia Arana, Xenia Piaseckyj and Tom Lee

A CELEBRATION OF THE POETRY OF OLEH LYSHEHA Poet Oleh Lysheha from Kyiv read his poetry Yara actors read translations of his work in English Mayana Galley, April 29, 1998 "A Celebration of the Poetry of Oleh Lysheha" by Virlana Tkacz

WORLD OF POETRY

Bob Holman interviews Virlana Tkacz & Wanda Phipps

TEN YEARS OF POETRY FROM THE YARA THEATRE WORKSHOP AT HARVARD an evening of poetry and music featuring Yara actors, Harvard students and bandurist Julian Kytasty to launch Yara's hand-made volume of contemporary Ukrainian poetry in award-winning translations by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps Ukrainian Institute of America, November 23, 1997 About the Book

HOT HOUSE featuring bilingual performaces of Ukrainian poetry trilingual performances of seven Japanese poems and the presentation of the 1997 Poetry Award from the Global Commitment Foundation to poet Oksana Zabuzhko from Kyiv Ukrainian Institute of America May 16, 1997

IN VERSE a retrospective of poetry and songs in Yara's productions The Washington Group's Leadership Conference, October 13, 1996

SPINNING SPELLS

Performers of Spinning Spells in Hunter, NY Zabryna Guevara, Olga Shuhan, Wanda Phipps, Shona Tucker, Andrew Pang

Poetry Project at St Mark's, November 28, 1994

SILVER THREADS

Curators and performers of Silver Threads Nadia Maryniak, Daria Dorosh, Virlana Tkacz, Richarda Abrams

also poetry readings at:

Yara Arts Group
306 East 11th St., #3B
New York, NY 10003 USA

Phone: 212-475-6474
Email: yara@prodigy.net