aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Ukrainian vocalist at Symphony Space

[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

Mariana Sadovska performs "Without Ground," a groundbreaking song cycle 
accompanied by original video work by Lars Jan. Mariana has made her way 
across the remote, rural landscape of Ukraine, absorbing songs from 
women that she met throughout her travels.  In her hands, however, these 
folk songs are no sterile collection of ethnomusicology, but a 
thrilling, taut and slightly terrifying journey through village life in 
Ukraine.  From the desperation of a widow after her husband's death to a 
young girl speaking to doves at a well, Sadovska sings of people half a 
world away, but through her strength and vitality delivers a universal 
experience

Lars Jan is a theatre director, writer, and video artist. He has trained 
and collaborated with members of Pig Iron Theatre Company, the San 
Francisco Mime Troupe, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, The Wooster 
Group, DumbType (Kyoto), Gardzienice (Poland), and the Tonda Ningyo 
Joruri Theatre (Kyoto). His directing credits include Red Eye to Havre 
de Grace, Memory Palace, Poe's Own Twilight Zone, and The Midsummer 
Project, [PSYCHO][COSMO][NAUTICS].   He is the artistic director of 
Mobile Performance Group, an international ensemble working as 
artists-in-residence at Kabul University in Afghanistan during the 
summer of 2005.

"Oddly perfect" (New York Times)

Showtimes:
Friday, December 9, 2005, 8:30pm

Venue:
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia (LNT)
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990

SPECIAL! SUPPER & A SHOW! $29
Tickets: $21; Members $16; Students/Seniors $18; Rush $10 call day of 
show for availability
TO BUY TICKETS, SEE WWW.SYMPHONYSPACE.ORG OR CALL 212-864-5400!

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AND, THEN, AT COLUMBIA:

The Ukrainian Studies Program will host a folk singing workshop by 
Ukrainian singer and composer MARIANA SADOWSKA.

WHEN: Monday, December 12, 1:00-3:00pm
WHERE: Room 620, Dodge Hall, Columbia University

THIS WORKSHOP, WHICH IS FREE, WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 20 
INDIVIDUALS WHO RESPOND, AND SPOTS ARE FILLING QUICKLY, SO TO RESERVE A 
SPACE, CONTACT DIANA HOWANSKY AT UKRAINIANSTUDIES@COLUMBIA.EDU OR 
(212)854-4697. Non-Ukrainian speakers and novice singers welcome.

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MORE ABOUT SADOWSKA:

Mariana Sadovska is a singer, musician, actress and composer. Born in 
Lviv, Ukraine, she now lives in Köln, Germany and works throughout 
Europe and the U.S.A.  Her work in music and theater has always been 
inspired by the indigenous cultures and sounds from around the world. 
By organizing ethno-musical expeditions, she has collected a large body 
of traditional songs, stories and rituals which she transforms into 
modern sounds for today’s generation.

Combining story-telling with singing, her performances are a theatrical 
expression of her inner desire to connect the past with the present 
through music.  In her CDs and through her workshops and theatrical 
collaborations, her aspirations are always to find a way to bridge the 
gap between ancient, traditional sounds with the contemporary – bring 
the present generation in touch with their past as well as connecting 
the older generations with the present. She has found that this longing 
is not only her own but shared by many artists and audiences around the 
world.  Her endeavor has naturally brought her around the globe through 
invitations from various artists, theatrical groups and universities, 
all seeking to find a way to bridge that gap.

She began her work in 1991 with Les Kurbas Theater (Lviv, Ukraine) in 
Anatolyi Vasiliev’s Festivals in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where she 
was selected for the „Slavic Pilgrim Project“  led by Jerzy Grotowski in 
Pontedera, Italy.  In the same year, she was invited to join Theater 
Gardzienice where she worked for 10 years as an actor and music 
director.  During her residency with Gardzienice, she began her 
exploration of indigenous music and cultures, leading her to expeditions 
in the Ukraine, Ireland, Egypt, Cuba and Brazil.  She has since 
organized many cultural exchanges between contemporary artists from 
Europe and the U.S. with the native singers of Ukraine.

In 2001, she moved to NYC with a Stipend from Earth Foundation where she 
worked as a music director with La Mama E.T.C.’s resident theater 
company, Yara Arts Group.  During her residence in NYC, she began work 
on her solo performances as well as collaborations with such renowned 
artists as Michael Alpert, Anthony Coleman, Frank London, Victoria Hanna 
and Sanda. In 2002, Global Village produced her solo CD „Songs I learned 
in Ukraine.“  Since then, she has been invited back every year for solo 
concerts, workshops and theatrical collaborations, performing in 
esteemed venues all around NYC: Joe’s Pub, BAM, Macor, Galapagos and 
Exit Art Gallery.

She teaches workshops on the techniques she has learned and developed 
through her travels. She is leading workshops around the world at the 
Grotowski Center (Poland), Giving Voice Festival (GB), International 
Workshop Festival (Israel), The Royal Shakespeare Co.(London), as well 
as various universities in the U.S.A. (Harvard, Swarthmore, Buffalo, NYU 
and Santa Barbara).  In July 2004, she will be teaching workshops at the 
University of Kabul (Afghanistan).


-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/