Just before Christmas, I had an intriguing email from Victoria contemporary dance artist Lori Hamar. She was delving into her Ukrainian roots and found out for the first time about the internment of Ukrainian Canadians in WWI. Shortly after that, she came across my anthology, Kobzar’s Children: A Century of Untold Ukrainian Stories at the Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, Manitoba. It spoke to so many of the questions she had and touched on a history she knew little about.
Inspired by the stories in the book, Lori created a 60 minute contemporary dance called Bloodline. It will be performed at the end of this month.
Here are the details (I wish I could see it!):
The LOLA Projects
Metro Studio Theatre,
1411 Quadra StJanuary 30 • 7:30 pm
Local artists Constance Cooke, Lori
Hamar and Leah Wickes will perform
the work they created under the
mentorship of Wen Wei Wang. Also,
coMOTION Dance Collective will
premiere their new work
choreographed by Joe Laughlin.
TICKETS • www.rmts.bc.ca • Teen and
Adult
