"Communication without translation is at the heart of the show created by
Virlana Tkacz and her cast, which paradoxically, also places focus on
the word, providing it with great depth and multidimensionality. The
characters exchange only a few important words - revealing the
multiplicity of meanings which usually escapes us in ordinary speech.
Words like "mama" "Ukraine -Little Russia" "home" "portrait" and
"friend" acquire the kind of depth of meaning only found in poetry."
Read the full preview: HERE
La MaMa and Yara Arts Group present
DARK NIGHTS
BRIGHT STARS
Yara Arts Group's concert work about the poet Taras Shevchenko & the actor Ira Aldridge, Dark Night Bright Stars, plays next week, March 13 – March 16, 2014.
Taras Shevchenko was imprisoned for nine years. After his release in 1858 he met the African American actor Ira Aldridge at the home of Leo Tolstoy. Although they didn't speak the same languages, they became friends with the help of the translating skills of Tolstoy's daughters. The portrait of Aldridge (above, right) was drawn by Shevchenko.
La MaMa presents
Dark Night
Bright Stars
by Yara Arts Group
June 3 - June 19, 2016
Thursday to Saturday at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2pm
Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; ten tickets prices at $10 are available for every performance, in advance only via web, phone or box office - first come, first served. Not available day of show.
Frist Floor Theatre @ La MaMa
74 E 4th Street
Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Founded in 1990, Yara Arts Group, a resident company at La MaMa, is a collective of artists of Asian, African, Latino, Eastern and Western European ancestry , who come together to create original work on Eastern themes. Using a collaborative approach, Yara Arts brings together fragments of plays, poems, songs, myths and historical sources to create original work that is reflective of culture they explore.
The 122nd edition of Coffeehouse Chronicles (curated by Michal Gamily) will focus on Yara Arts Group with live performances and videos from past Yara Arts Group shows.
Moderated by Svitlana Matviyenko, panelists include: Virlana Tkacz , Watoku Ueno and Wanda Phipps. And performances by Meredith Wright, Marina Celander, Shigeko Suga and projections by Volodymyr Klyuzko. And perhaps a sneak preview of their upcoming production of Dark Nights, Bright Stars.
La MaMa presents
COFFEEGOUSE
CHRONICLES #122:
YARA ARTS GROUP
Saturday, January 31st at 3pm
The Club @ La MaMa
74A East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
This is a free event; donations accepted when we pass the hat in the La MaMa tradition.
For Free Reservations and more info: CLICK HERE
Yara Arts Group's concert work about the poet Taras Shevchenko & the actor Ira Aldridge, Dark Night Bright Stars, plays next week, March 13 – March 16, 2014.
Taras Shevchenko was imprisoned for nine years. After his release in 1858 he met the African American actor Ira Aldridge at the home of Leo Tolstoy. Although they didn't speak the same languages, they became friends with the help of the translating skills of Tolstoy's daughters. The portrait of Aldridge (above, right) was drawn by Shevchenko.
La MaMa presents
Dark Night
Bright Stars
by Yara Arts Group
Two Performances Only!
March 15 – March 16, 2014
Saturday @ 7:30 Sunday @ 2:30
Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; ten tickets prices at $10 are available for every performance, in advance only via web, phone or box office - first come, first served. Not available day of show.
La MaMa
Frist Floor Theatre
74 E 4th Street
Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
For Tickets and Info: Click Here
