Upcoming Events & Shows:
EDT and the Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company!
The Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company is coming to the Twin Cities:
Oct. 11 4 PM
Northrop Auditorium at the U of MN
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EDT will perform it's Hutsul suite at a public reception for the Virsky ensemble following the performance.
Please click here for reception details.
Get a 20% discount on tickets for the performance of Virsky at Northrop Auditorium with this promotional code: Ukraine09
A number of other exciting events are planned during the week of Virsky's visit to the Twin Cities:
- Ukrainian Character Dancing -- Master Ballet Class (free)
- Eastern European Folk Traditions with Natalie Nowytski and Mila (free)
- Special Class on Turn of the Century -- Ukrainian Courtroom Dancing (free)
- Reception with Ethnic Dance Theatre and the Ukrainian Village Band
Please click here for related event details!
EDT at the Ukrainian Heritage Festival!
We will perform our Hutsul Suite!
September 20th, 12PM-5PM
EDT performance at 1:30 PM
Ukrainian Event Center
301 Main St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413-2012
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FREE
Enjoy a full afternoon of Ukrainian dance, music, food and crafts!
The full cast of EDT will perform its new suite of Hutsul Song, Music and Dance at this event.
Preview a three-couple version of this suite, performed this past June, by clicking here.
The CIA (Choreographers in Accord) presents "8 x 8":
Th & Fri, September 10 & 11, 8 PM
The Ritz Theatre
345 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis MN 55413
$13 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors/NE Residents
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The full cast of EDT will perform its new suite of Hutsul Song, Music and Dance at this event.
Preview a three-couple version of this suite, performed this past June, by clicking here.
Evening with the Hutsul Dance Project
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Thursday, July 9, 7 PM
Ukrainian Event Center
301 Maint St
Minneapolis, MN
55413
All donations accepted; $5 suggested donation at the door.
EDT Artistic Director Donald LaCourse and EDT Dancer Stefan Iwaskewycz traveled to Ukraine last summer to study Hutsul dance. Since their return, they have been working on two related projects:
1) A video documentary about traditional Hutsul dance
2) A new suite of Hutsul song, music and dance
Preview the video documentary!
Artistic Director Donald LaCourse Dancing in Ukraine
Stefan will present two thirty-minute edits of the film he is producing with Daniel Palahniuk, a local filmmaker and fellow diaspora Ukrainian who was part of the film crew in Ukraine. Discussion to follow the viewing--Stefan and Daniel are eager for community input as they finish work on the video!
See EDT's new suite of Hutsul song, music and dance!
The Ethnic Dance Theatre will perform its new suite of Hutsul song, music and dance that is based mostly on material gathered by Don, Stefan and Daniel last summer in Ukraine.
Read more about Don and Stefan's trip to the Hutsul region of Ukraine here!
Visit the Hutsul Dance Project website!
Small Cast Preview of EDT's Hutsul suite:
This is video of a small cast (3 couples) version of our new Hutsul suite that was performed on June 7, 2009 as part of the Minneapolis Mosaic festival. Represented in this video is the men's dance Arkan (usually danced in a closed circle; we adjusted it for a performance involving only three men) and the couple's dance Hutsulka
