Ukrainian homestead hosts annual dance workshop
ABOVE: Assistant Instructor Roman Mykyta teaching ages 8 through 11. PHOTO CREDIT/SANDRA DUDA
RIGHT: Hopak from the Camp Finale Performance. PHOTO CREDIT/SANDRA DUDA
The 29th annual Ukrainian Folk Dance Workshop, sponsored by the Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation of the Lower Anthracite Region, will be held July 2-6.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the event will take place at the Ukrainian Homestead of CEC, ODWU, Inc., 1230 Beaver Run Drive, and will include dance instruction, folk singing, sports, crafts and swimming.
Beginner instruction is offered to children ages 5-and-up, and advanced workshop instruction is available for experienced dancers ages 11 through adult.
The workshop is under the artistic direction of Pennsylvania Master Artist Andrij Dobriansky. Roman Mykyta, formerly of the Maryland Ballet, will serve as assistant instructor.
The camp will conclude with a performance at 7 p.m. July 7. The performance is open to the public free of charge.
For more information on the camp, contact Paula Holoviak at 570-708-1992, or Sandra Duda at 610-377-7750, or email holoviak@kutztown.edu.
Forms and information are also available online at www.kazkaensemble.org.
The camp is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.
State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
PPA is administered in this region by the Lehigh Valley Arts Council.
