[NEohioPAL]Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors premieres at Gordon Square

[Nadia Tarnawsky]

Cleveland, Ohio - MN2 Productions will premiere its
latest dance-theatre piece, Shadows of Our Forgotten
Ancestors  with three performances at the
Gordon Square Theatre,Friday through Sunday, January
25th through the 27th, 2002.  Friday and Saturday
performances at 8 p.m. with Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors is a tale of  fate,
destiny and the triumph of love over death.  Many
consider it to be the Romeo and Juliet of Ukraine,
with Ivan and Marichka as the star-crossed lovers 
coming from two feuding families.  But what would have
happened had Romeo survived and married another while
being haunted by his beloved Juliet, yearning for his
love, moving towards a completion of his destiny to 
be with her.  This is explored against the backdrop of
the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.  It is a timeless
tale formed before time in a world bound by ritual and
custom.  A world where the storms are subsided with 
the prayers of a sorcerer, where the very water and
mountains play a sweeping role as a stable yet ever
changing force of life, a world where true love will
have to survive against family struggles, war, grief,
and even death in order to bring the souls of
two lovers together.   
	With a book by Nadia Tarnawsky based on the novel
by Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky, and a musical soundtrack by
Alexander Fedoriouk and Vasyl Geker performed by some 
of the strongest musicians in their field, this
bilingual tale is brought to vibrant life through the 
brilliant choreography of Sarah Morrison of
MorrisonDance, Natalie Kapeluck of the Mary Miller
Modern Dance Company and artistic director of the 
Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, and Roman Lewkowicz,
artistic director of the Obrij Folk Dance Ensemble,
NY, and former dancer/choreographer with the Dukla
Ukrainian Dance Company Presov, Slovakia (Ukrainian
National Theater of Slovakia) with the adept staging
of 
Michael D. Flohr.   This production has been
generously
funded through an Artist?s Project Grant by the Ohio
Arts Council and with the support of the Ukrainian
Museum and Archives of Cleveland.
   Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors will run for 3 
performances only - January 25 & 26, 2002 at 8 p.m. 
and January 27, 2002 at 3 p.m.  Performances
will take place in the Gordon Square Theatre at
Cleveland Public Theatre, 6409 Detroit Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.  Tickets are $15 - general admission
and $12 for seniors and students with a valid student
ID.  For ticket reservations, call Nadia at 
(216) 749-0060.

For more information about MN2 Productions, please see
their web site at http://go.to/mn2productions or 
e-mail:mn2productions at yahoo.com

Soundtrack CDs and cassettes are available 
for $15/CD and $12/cassette plus $3 shipping.  
Make checks payable to: Nadia Tarnawsky 
and send your checks to:
Nadia Tarnawsky
P.O. Box 609067
Cleveland, Ohio  44109

The album features:
Vasyl Geker, violin and drymba
Alexander Fedoriouk, tsymbaly and bubon
Andrei Pidkivka, sopilka, tylynka, koza, zozulka,
frilka, drymba
Nadia Tarnawsky, vocals
Mykola Kuzyk, trembita

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