More than 50 years of performance history has shaped Shumka’s signature music and dance style. While maintaining deep respect for their heritage, Shumka continually challenges conventional boundaries in order to define the experience of Ukrainian dance in the context of today’s society. Shumka strives to ensure that artists who believe in Canada’s rich Ukrainian heritage, […]
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Arcadia Olenska Petryshyn
Ukrainian – American 1934-1996 Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn was born on June 19, 1934 in Roznoshentsi, Ukraine. The family left Ukraine for the last time in 1944 and spent the next years in Augsburg, Germany. In 1949 they emigrated to America and settled in New York. Olenska attended Washington Irving High School and then Hunter College from […]
Andrei Kucachenko
Andrei Kucachenko was born in 1982 in Kiev, Ukraine. He graduated from the state art school named after T.G. Shevchenko. Andrei then graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, where he took workshops on easel painting under the guidance of A.M. Lopuhova. Andrei received a classical professional education at the National Academy […]
