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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ - ЛИСТОПАД 200 8 28 In a Different Light: Bilingual Anthology of Ukrainian Literature Translated by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps as Performed by Yara Arts Group A review by Thaya Salamacha In a Different Light. Book design by Rostyk Luzhetsky. Photo by Watoku Ueno with Rebecca Moore and Sean Eden in Yara’s first show "A Light from the East." In a Different Light is a book which in itself is an artistic creation through its unique organiza- tional structure of great literary works of Ukraine. Even for those who have already seen all or most of Yara Art’s Groups productions, the printed poetry and descriptions of the stage productions provide yet another, and very different dimension to ex- periencing these created works in totality or one a time. As an anthology of Ukrainian prose and poetry, the substance and inspiration for all of Yara Art’s Group’s productions and poetry wor kshops, the book directly reflects the intellectual roadmap of Yara ’s particular choices in selecting material from Ukrainian literature, and incorporating themes which dominate its theater pieces. Virlana Tkacz, director of Yara Arts Group, explained that all of the work in Yara Arts Group is a collaborative effort. She further explained that, although she and Wanda Phipps both translated all the work, it was the active process of translation, which gave initial shape to the theater pieces. Each piece was then further reworked and reshaped as other artists of Yara, individuals of many different cultural back- grounds, contributed their own interpretive efforts, and their own cultural elements into the project. In a Different Light artfully unites works of literature throughout Ukrainian history, providing a fresh contemporary context for well-known classics of Ukrainian literature, as well as an alternative venue for contemporary poetry from Ukraine. The book contains English translations of all the materi al and chronicles Yara’s progression and evolution from the group’s inception in 1990 until the present. The first half of the book presents works of Ukrainian literature, grouped under the themes, projects, and productions where they were featured, and not according to the customary chronological order of when the literary works themselves were created. The second half of the book presents Yara productions, and how the literary works presented in the first half of the book were incorporated into experimental theater stage productions. Included here are articles and commentary on Yara produc- tions, color photographs of the productions, and biographies of the writers whose work has been used in the productions. In a Different Light is an incredibly masterful document on how Yara Arts Group not only incorporated literary works into productions, but also made Ukrainian literature the central focus of each of them. This book can be enjoyed on many different levels, and savored over time, because there is so much great material to experience, old and new. There are selections of Taras Shevchenko and Pavlo Tychyna’s poetry as well as selections from more contemporary poets such as Oksana Zabuzhko, Oleh Lysheha and Victor Neborak, and from poets of the newest wave in Ukraine like Serhiy Zhadan. The literary choices of this book are moving and meaningful, and that in itself makes the book Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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