Team Canada volleyball player Darian Picklyk is here to share his experience balancing the high energy world of sports with the expressive beautiful art of Ukrainian dance. This is a Picklyk sibling conversation you do not want to miss!
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The National Ballet of Ukraine is touring their show Nadiya (Hope) through Canada. Starting in Quebec City on January 15 and ending in Calgary on February 11, the tour is raising money for aid in Ukraine, thanks to a partnership between Humanite Peace Collective and the Olena Zelenska Foundation.
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In this inspiring conversation, Lana Nicole Niland, a Canadian living in Ukraine, shares about her experience dancing with Virsky and her many Ukrainian-culture-themed projects. Prepare to be inspired to nurture and follow your dreams!
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Once upon a time, there were four girls who lived abroad, and they got matching tattoos. But not just any tattoos — Ukrainian tattoos that have meaning much deeper than the skin. In this post, we tie our tattoo design (we’re two of those girls, by the way) into Ukrainian symbolism and explain the meaning behind common shapes and colours.
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In Lviv and Chernivtsi, we had the opportunity to dance with a few different groups, including Yunist, the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, the Lviv College of Culture and Arts, and the Honoured Bukovyna State Ensemble of Song and Dance. While sharing our experiences dancing in these next two cities we wanted to figure out a way to tie it all together so we decided to share our “lessons learned” from each place.
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For many of us, starting to Ukrainian dance wasn’t really a choice — our parents put us in it when we were young, and that was it. But soon, we made the decision to stay in dance. So what makes this hobby so intriguing? What keeps people involved for decades on end?
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In this interview, hear from Natalya, a Virsky Company dancer, about what life is like in the studio, how she balances life with work, and what pushes her to keep dancing even on those days when she feels tired and unmotivated.
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In Kyiv, we trained with the Virsky Studio dancers. These dancers are in a two-year program that prepares them to audition for the Virsky company.
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