We talked with dancers Odessa Bahri from Volya and Natalya Shevchuk from PFE to learn about Dusha Narodu — The Spirit of a Nation, the joint show the ensembles are putting on in September.
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We love Ukraine. So do many others. This episode shares a few love letters dedicated to Ukraine, a beautiful country that has shaped the lives of so many.
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Les Sereda and Caitlin Kaminsky share what it's like to be a part of Canada’s Ukrainian Shumka Dancers and what the company's tour means to them.
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Get to know — like, really get to know — the hosts of Vsi, Hannah Picklyk and Kaitlin Vitt!
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Lana Nicole Niland, a Canadian living in Ukraine and a former Virsky dancer, is a business owner, choreographer, magazine editor, and a whole lot of other things. Prepare to be inspired to nurture and follow your dreams!
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It’s time to sum up the rest of our year in Ukraine! In this episode, we relate our time with the Volyn and Poltava state ensembles to cooking borsch, the classic Ukrainian dish.
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In this episode, we hit the road and go to Lviv and Chernivtsi. We spent two months in each city, training with various groups, including Yunist and the Bukovyna State Ensemble.
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What keeps Ukrainian dancers going back to the studio week after week? In this episode, you’ll hear why we Ukrainian dance — and why we think you should, too.
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Hear from Vsi’s first guest: Natalya, a Virsky Company dancer. She shares what life is like in the studio and what pushes her to keep dancing even on those days when she feels tired and unmotivated.
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In this episode, we give an overview of our experience training with the Virsky Studio dancers. These dancers are in a two-year program that prepares them to audition for the Virsky company.
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In this episode, we share how our character shoes — and how our own characters — evolved during the year we spent dancing in Ukraine, training with the country’s top folk ensembles.
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