Concert for Ukraine

Labyrinth Dance Theater
Sasha Spielvogel, Artistic Director
presents

Full house, silence, tears, applause, standing ovation

Thank you to all who came and supported our Concert for Ukraine at St. Mark's Church in New York on April 23rd - it was a beautiful thing.

Created in Collaboration with the Artists

Starring: Felicia Norton
Choreography: Sasha Spielvogel
Original score: Andrii Didorenko
Sound design: Eve Cuyen
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman

also featuring works of Ukrainian composers performed by

Andrii Didorenko, violin
Yuliya Basis, piano
Elizaveta Kozlova, voice
Valeriya Sholokhova, cello
Special Guest: Julian Kytasty, bandura

April 23, 2023
St Mark's Church in the Bowery

The concert donated all proceeds to Razom for Ukraine,
an organization dedicated to helping the Ukrainian people
during this heroic and historic fight for their country's freedom.

For more Information contact:
Sasha Spielvogel
labyrinthdance@msn.com
www.labyrnthdancetheater.org
(718) 607-4799 phone/text

View the photos & videos of this performance

photo credit: Eve Cuyen

Program notes for Five Stalks of Wheat

Now is the time. A country rises, a country with a rich cultural heritage coupled with years of repression, from the forced starvation of Holodomor to the current unjust invasion. A lone woman stands for the people of Ukraine. She fights against the unremitting ravages of war with strength, compassion and humanity; she is the present struggle for freedom the timeless beauty of the land.

The score weaves Ukrainian folk tales and melodies, along with Stalin's speech touting collective farming, Shevchenko's poetry, sounds of war and lost childhood, ultimately culminating in music evoking freedom, joy and hope for the future of the country.