Mesmerizing Canadian folk-opera ballet to be toured to Eastern Canada

Montreal Performance
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 8:00pm
Monument-National – Salle Ludger-Duvernay
Tickets available at Monument-National Box Office, 1182 boul. Saint Laurent
or online at www.monument-national.qc.ca
or by phone at 514-871-2224

Ottawa Performance
Sunday, May 16, 2010 - 2:00pm (matinee)
Centrepointe Theatre
Tickets available at Centrepointe Theatre Box Office, 101 Centrepointe Drive
or online at www.centrepointetheatre.com
or by phone at 613-580-2700

On May 14 and 16, 2010, “Kateryna” will be performed in Eastern Canada with performances in Montreal and Ottawa. Audiences in these cities will have the opportunity to experience the stirring and emotional performances of this folk-opera ballet, a joint production created by Ukrainian ballet master Serguei Makarov and composer Yevhen Dosenko featuring over forty passionate and skilled dancers and choristers from Canada’s dazzling Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre of Calgary and the Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton. Since Kateryna’s premiere in June 2007 in Calgary, Alberta, this production has been toured to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Victoria and Nanaimo, as well as a four city Australian tour to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

The evening’s performance will take you on a journey through the first act, “Kateryna” - a sweeping tale of love and war that is presented in a fusion of music, folk traditions, dazzling costumes, and skilled technical expertise in acrobatics, ballet, and folk dance. A handsome Cossack captures Kateryna’s heart. Enchanted by their newfound love, they dance a pas de deux expressing their inseparable devotion and growing passion. Ceremoniously celebrated by the young women of the village, the love between Kateryna and the Cossack holds the promise of future life. Tragically, the sounds of war burst forth in the distance, and the couple’s idyll is interrupted…

The second part of the performance is in the style of an Olio — a variety of dances and choral music. Suzirya performs a selection of high energy Ukrainian folk dances. The Ukrainian Male Chorus performs a selection of folk and contemporary vocal arrangements. The evening ends with the most popular and dynamic Ukrainian dance, the Hopak.