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GIVING VOICE 11 - NATALIIA POLOVYNKA (UKRAINE) [April 2009]
'IN FACT, EVERYTHING IS IN ANOTHER WAY':
WORK WITH THE VOICE AND SINGING ON TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN SONG MATERIAL
  
ONE DAY WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 23 APRIL
Nataliia Polovynka is a singer, actress, pedagogue. Laureat. of T.G.Shevchenko National Prize, who works through both theatre and music, and who performs ancient spiritual music, folk songs, romance, and music by contemporary and improvisational composers. Her search in and through song is a spiritual one as well as artistic, and she is interested in traditional singing in all its genres including the ancient sacred songs of Ukraine, traditional Ukrainian song, cants, psalms, Ukrainian classical romance. Formerly principal actress and Musical Director with Les Kurbas Theatre, a key turning point in her artistic exploration was her participation in workshops at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski in Pontedera in Italy. Since 2003 she has been the founding and Artistic Director of the Art Centre,Maisternia Pisni.As well as her performance and teaching work and her work with Maisternia Pisni, Nataliia is also soloist and pedagogue with Lviv State Boy’s and Men’s Choir “Dudaryk”, and has collaborated with many musicians including the State Men’s Choir M.Revutskyj Choir (Kiev).
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORKSHOP
Singing is a mirror and possibility
of choice
of will to life and of will to artistic act
The possibility of personal expression
among other people
Participants will work with 2-3 traditional Ukrainian songs, and with their own songs (Participants should
prepare 3 personal songs, and at least one should be in their native language).The workshop programme
will include : training-ritual ; the technology of work with song / space, and the creation of personal/collective etudes.
At the end of the workshop, there will be - action.
Additional documentation on GIVING VOICE 11 - NATALIIA POLOVYNKA (UKRAINE) is available:
Giving_Voice_Brochure_PDF.pdf
Giving_Voice_Application_Form.doc
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