Showing posts with label Yara Arts Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yara Arts Group. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Thursday, June 15, 2017
First Look: 1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan and The Dogs
All photos by Theo Cote
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La MaMa and Yara Arts Group present
1917-2017:
Tychyna,
Zhadan
and The Dogs
By Yara Arts Group
Directed by Virlana Tkacz
USA Premiere
What happens when society crumbles? A reminder to reflect of our past as we contemplate our ways forward. A show filled with music and poetry transformed into scenes, action and projections. Is there a ray of hope? Based on poetry by Pavlo Tychyna, by Serhiy Zhadan and songs from rock group Zhadan & the Dogs with poems by Bob Holman based on Zhadan's poetry and On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
June 9 - 25, 2017
Thursday - Saturday at 8:30PM; Sunday at 4PM
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street\
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Spring 2017 @ La MaMa - Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets now on sale for La MaMa's Spring 2017 Season - including 10 @ $10 Tickets for ALL performances.
Highlights of the spring season include:
Grand Rounds
Choreographed and Directed by Tamar Rogoff
London Paris
Written and Performed by Edgar Oliver
Directed by Randy Sharp
Kate Bornstein: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
Written and Performed by Kate Bornstein
The Expanded Unicorn Gratitude Mystery
Written and Performed by Karen Finley
Kidnap Road
Written by Catherine Filloux
Directed by Elena Araoz
1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan and The Dogs
By Yara Arts Group
Directed by Virlana Tkacz
My Heart is in the East
Written & performed by Jessica Litwak
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For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Monday, June 6, 2016
BroadwayWorld looks at DARK NIGHTS BRIGHT STARS
BroadwayWorld previews Yara Arts Group's Dark Nights Bright Stars, now playing at The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, through June 19th.
"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
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Taras Shevchenko & Ira Aldridge: Dark Night 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
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Spring 2016 @ La MaMa
Tickets now on sale for:
Inkfish
Justin Sayre
Theodora Skipitares
Heather Litteer
Spiderwoman Theater
Yara Arts Group
Dane Terry
and MORE!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Yara Arts Group @ The Ukrainian Museum
La MaMa resident company, Yara Arts Group are celebrating their 25 Anniversary with an exhibit at The Ukrainian Museum - Yara at 25: Looking Back/Moving Forward.
The exhibition includes costumes, instruments, photographs, props and videos from Yara’s productions at La MaMa, and from performances and research expeditions in Ukraine, Buryat Republic in Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, China and Japan. Yara artists will also create several live events in conjunction with the exhibition to celebrate this anniversary.
Yara at 25 is open now through March 1, 2015.
Yara at 25:
Looking Back/Moving Forward
The Ukrainian Museum
222 East 6th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Wednesday thru Sunday: 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
$8.00 adults
$6.00 seniors
$6.00 students (with valid ID)
Children under 12 – free
For more info: CLICK HERE
Monday, January 19, 2015
Coffeehouse Chronicles #122: Yara Arts Group
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
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
2014 @ La MaMa (in Pictures)
Here is a pictorial look
at just a handful of shows
that happened in 2014 @ La MaMa!
Peggy Shaw in RUFF
Black Out by Philippe Saire (Under The Radar Festival)
El Año en Que Nacà by Lola Arias (Under The Radar Festival)
The Wong Kids In The Secret Of The
Space Chupacabra Go! by Ma-Yi Theater
Rumore di acque
(Noise in the Waters)
by Marco Martinelli
by Marco Martinelli
Captain John Smith Goes to Ukraine by Yara Arts Group
Bum Philips: All-American Opera by Monk Parrots
Zachary Karabashliev's Lissabon
THE MAIDEN by Nerve Tank
DJ Spooky's Seoul Counterpoint by Culturehub
Theodora Skipitares' The Chairs
Myth or Meth by Radiohole
Catherine Filloux's Selma 65
Tempest directed by Karin Coonrod (part of the Tempest 3 series)
The Elephant in Every Room I Enter
written and performed by Gardner Comfort
AdA: Author directing Author
by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani
Dead End Dummy by Dick Zigun
Mokwha Repertory Company's The Tempest
(part of the Tempest 3 series)
Motus Theatre Company's Nella Tempesta
(part of the Tempest 3 series)
We'll see you in 2015
@ LaMaMa
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Yara Arts Group brings WINTER LIGHTS to La MaMa
Three Performances Only!
world music theatre piece based on
winter songs from the Carpathian Mountains
an 18th century nativity show
and the crisis in Ukraine today
La MaMa presents
Winter Light:
Songs, Music and
Rituals from the Carpathians
created by Yara Arts Group directed by Virlana Tkacz
music directed by Julian Kytasty
set & lights:Watoku Ueno
projections: Volodymyr Klyuzko
with the Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia
featuring: Paul Brantley, Marina Celander, Sean Eden,
Alina and Teryn Kuzma
The evening, created and directed by Yara's Artistic Director Virlana Tkacz, celebrates Koliada, a winter ritual that now coincides with Christmas but is much older in origin and symbolism. Its oldest songs are preserved in villages high in the Carpathian Mountains, where the Koliada is considered to be the most important event of the year. Some people believe that spring and the harvest will not come to the village unless the songs are sung in every household. The songs are incantations that assume the magical power of words: "what is said, will be so." These songs are featured in the first part of Yara's show. For the second part of the event, Tkacz has adapted and translated a Baroque folk Christmas opera from Ukraine. A highlight is the original 18th century music, as arranged by Julian Kytasty. Woven into the piece are scenes from the crisis in Ukraine today written by Serhiy Zhadan, Ukraine’s most important young writer.
December 27, 2014 - December 28, 2014
Saturday at 3pm & 8pm; Sunday at 2pm
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors;
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
2014 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nominations
Last night, the nominations for the 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Awards were announced at 42WEST. Congratulations to all the nominees, including all of the below those whose shows were presented at La MaMa:
Outstanding Director
Kevin Augustine & Edward Einhorn
The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
Outstanding Set Design
Donald Eastman
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Sound Design
Tim Schellenbaum & Alice Tolan-Mee
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Innovative Design
Jane Catherine Shaw & Theodora Skipitares
For Puppet Design
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
Outstanding Original Music
Alla Zagaykevych
Fire Water Night, La MaMa in association with Yara Arts Group
Outstanding Performance Art Production
The Chairs, La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions
The God Projekt, La MaMa in association with Lone Wolf Tribe
The Maiden, The Nerve Tank
For a full list of nominees: CLICK HERE
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Two Added Performances of CAPT. JOHN SMITH GOES TO UKRAINE
Thursday, March 13th & Friday, March 14th @ 7:30pm
La MaMa Presents
Yara Arts Group production of
Capt. John Smith
Goes to Ukraine
with Bob Holman, Susan Hwang & Julian Kytasty
directed by Virlana Tkacz
February 27 -
Thursday & Friday 7:30
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.
Frist Floor Theatre
74 E 4th Street
Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
For Tickets and Info: Click Here
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Coming Next Week: Dark Night 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
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
Monday, February 24, 2014
New This Week @ La MaMa: CAPT. JOHN SMITH GOES TO UKRAINE
In 1607 Capt. John Smith founded Jamestown, the first English settlement in America, but in 1603 he was in Kolomyia… It's an epic in an hour!
You know all about Pocahontas, now see the prequel!
La MaMa Presents
Yara Arts Group production of
Capt. John Smith
Goes to Ukraine
with Bob Holman, Susan Hwang & Julian Kytasty
directed by Virlana Tkacz
February 27 - March 9, 2014
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30; Sundays at 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.
Frist Floor Theatre
74 E 4th Street
Between Bowery and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
For Tickets and Info: Click Here
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