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20 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ 2010 TRAVELS THROUGH THEATRE A UKRAINIAN FROM DOWN UNDER IN THE BIG APPLE by Teresa Huzij Teresa Huzij is a twenty - year - old university student from Sydney, Australia, who is completing her final year of a Bachelor of Creative Arts (International Studies ) degree, majoring in Drama, Dance, and Performance at Macquarie University. She recently spent 9 weeks in New York, participating in an internship with Yara Arts Group and seeing the sights. Ms. Huzij has been performing since the age of 4, singing, danci ng, and acting. At home in Sydney, she is a member of SUM and sing s in the youth choir at St Andrews Ukrainian Catholic Church . As a senior member of Zahrava Ukrainian dance ensemble , she also teach es the youngest group of dancers in the ensemble. Virlana Tkacz, director of Yara Arts Group, is a member of OL’s editorial board. Teresa Huzij with Virlana Tkacz . Three years ago I set my mind on spending the summer of 2010 in New York City completing my final compulsory p ractical work placement for my b a chelors degree. So when Virlana Tkacz offered me an internship with Yara Arts Group, I leapt at the chance. Working alongside an influential theatrical figure (who is also Ukrainian) was an opportunity I could not pass up. As Manhattan sweltered through t he first few days of what was inevitably going to be a hot summer, Sydney had one of its coldest days on record. And as the days to my departure crept closer, so did the apprehension, trepidation, and excitement I felt for my trip. On June 4, I boarded my flight, waving goodbye to winter in Australia and setting out for the New York summer that awaited me. Yara Arts Group, the resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre is a not for profit company that produces cross cultural, experimental pieces of t heatre. The shows they produce are so unique and unlike any other I have ever come across and working at Yara under the excellent guidance of Virlana was a fabulous experience as it gave me a detailed insight into the workings of a professional theatre com pany from backstage, behind the fallen curtain. One of the projects I worked on during the summer was Kupala, which was featured at the Ukrainian Sports Club in the East Village in late June. The project evolved quickly, and I was awed at how Virlana was able to put together a fabulous evening in such a short amount of time. In the hour before the show was to be gin , the space slowly filled with a mixture of musician, poetry readers, potion makers, and digital design artists. The space was transformed from a room where older Ukrainian men watched sport, to a dreamlike place where the audience could make their own Ukrainian vinky (floral head wreathes) and escape reality for a few hours. The diversity of performers intrigued me and at first I wondered how the y would possibly come together to make a cohesive event. All of the performers brought something unique to the night’s entertainment. Watching the fusion of classical bandura music with thought provoking poetry recitation by Julian Kytasty and Bob Holman t o the talented girl group, Debutante Hour, comprising young women from different backgrounds who came together on the night to perform tradition Kupala songs, I soon began to realize the cohesion came not only from the performance material but also from th e connected shared experience the audience and the performers gained from being there that night. This was epitomized by the communal drinking of love potions. One of the most memorable moments for me was holding a candle; audience members stepped up, lit their tea lights from my candle, and floated them gently in a water 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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