Concert „IMPERIUM DELENDA EST” (Ukraine)
Creators: Lesia Ukrainka Theatre in Lviv
Direction: Dmytro Zakhozhenko
Stage Design: Oleksiy Khoroshko
Costume Design: Mariya Antonyak
Poems by: Kateryna Kalytko, Halyna Kruk, Maryan Pyrozhok
Production Manager: Yuriy Zakharko
Lighting Designers: Tayisiya Datsyk, Yevheniy Petrov, Artur Temchenko
Sound Engineer: Volodymyr Pomirko
Media Equipment Support: Vladyslav Bilonenko
Assistant Director: Svitlana Iliuk
Cast: Tayisiya Datsyk, Zoryana Dybovska, Olha Zakhozhenko, Sofiya Leshyshak, Anastasiya Perets, Oksana Tsymbalist.
Premiere: 22.06.2022
Date: 21.08.2022 / Saturday
Time: 8 pm
Place: Glass hall, Art_Inkubator in Art Factory in Lodz
Admission: free, prior booking of free-entrance passes is required
Duration: 80 minutes
Viewers' age: 18+
DESCRIPTION OF THE CONCERT:
Concert „IMPERIUM DELENDA EST” - Songs, poems, confessions, curses and a joke
It's our first stage work since the beginning of large-scale invasion. What can we say about this work? Lets say its genre is uncertain - as well as our living today. There are many voices in it overwhelmed with rage, pain and hope. There is a lot of music in it, full of struggle and freedom. We say the words written this spring, by Ukrainian poets and poetesses. We share our fears and dreams. We laugh at a joke, though it’s not quite a joke, but it’s still funny. To be honest, we made this work for ourselves, to recover by breathing at a steady pace. We hope you will do the same.
This is the first large-scale stage event since the Russian invasion of Ukraine took place. How shall we describe this piece? Let’s say its genre is uncertain- like our lives these days. One may find here both furious and painful voices and some full of hope. There are notes of struggle and freedom. It pronounces the words written this spring by Ukrainian poets. They share their fears and dreams. There is a laugh at jokes which are merely jokes but funny, still. Frankly, the artists created it to help recovery, let all breath at one pace. We do hope you will bear with us.
On 24 February 2022 Russia attacked Ukraine launching missiles, destroying cities, shelling houses and occupying villages. A quiet life put to a halt all over the country. Many people, Ukrainian men and women, including many artists, gathered together united in one day, at many levels, and became volunteers. Can a theatre life exist during war? Can it be useful? Should art be useful? Deep down, we ask ourselves a number of questions whereas, in the meantime, we support migrants, prepare lunches for people sheltered at the railway station and send humanitarian aid.
War has many facets and many voices. Theatre itself also has a voice and attempts to speak up. This is where the idea of the concert based on contemporary military poetry steams from. Six actresses will voice the poetry which tells about suffering but also about the faith in victory. With their voices, the women will attempt at expressing all the pain of this war, the courage Ukrainians have, all the anger that grows within, which, at the same time, gives the strength to fight. The mobile format of the concert, created by the actresses, gives the opportunity to screen it both in a shelter in Lviv and on stage in Łódź (during the International Theatre Festival Retrospektywy), where the life is peaceful but its residents live fighting back to back with the Ukrainians, they fight for the human values.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Dmytro Zakhozhenko - Ukrainian theatre director. He graduated from the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, as well as from The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University. He is currently working as a Chief Director at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre. He is also an Acting Course Leader at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Oleksiy Khoroshko - Ukrainian artist and theatre set-designer. He graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts. He is currently working as a Chief Artist at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre and as a Professor of Contemporary Art Practice Department of Lviv National Academy of Arts. He also specializes in such disciplines as video art, installation, environment, photography.
Oksana Tsymbalist - is a Ukrainian actress, singer and composer. She graduated from the Rivne State University of Humanities. She is currently working as an actress at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre. She won the award “the best Ukrainian actress” at the 2021 GRA AWARDS.
Zoryana Dybovska - Ukrainian actress, singer and founder of the “Yagody” - a musical band of the authentic songs of the Central and the Eastern Europe. She graduated from the Ivan Franko Lviv National University. She is currently working as an actress at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre and as a Professor of Acting at the Ivan Franko Lviv National University.
Taisiya Datsyk - Ukrainian actress and light designer. She graduated from the Ivan Franko Lviv National University. She is currently working as an actress and as a light designer at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre.
Anastasiya Lisovska - Ukrainian actress. She graduated from the Ivan Franko Lviv National University. She is currently working as an Actress at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre.
Sofiya Leshyshak - Ukrainian actress, singer and participant of the “Yagody” - a musical band of the authentic songs of the Central and the Eastern Europe. She graduated from the Ivan Franko Lviv National University. She is currently working as an actress at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre.
Anna Vasylchenko - Ukrainian musician. Anna graduated from Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy with a Classical Music Performance (violin) degree. She also acquired complete knowledge (mastered) in playing a lot of Early Music instruments. She is currently working as a musician in Kings & Beggars, European early and folk music ensemble, and a Musician in LUMOS Orchestra which is focused on playing soundtracks.
Anastasia Perets - Ukrainian actress, teacher of acting and a participant of the “Yagody” - a musical band of the authentic songs of the Central and the Eastern Europe. She is currently working as an actress at Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatrr. She graduated from the Ivan Franko Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=oleksiy.khoroshko&set=a.10227946996678138
https://www.facebook.com/lesia.theatre
Zadanie finansowane z budżetu Samorządu Województwa Łódzkiego, w ramach Wojewódzkiego Programu “Moce nadŁódzkie”.
