I lived in Ukraine from 2017 to 2018. I posted on my blog about training with professional dance ensembles, the Ukrainian lifestyle, and places I visited. My one year in Ukraine has provided me with a lifetime of stories — and then some.
Since returning to Canada, I continue to post on my blog about my experience in Ukraine and about the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada. Feel free to sign up for my newsletter to get the posts straight to your inbox.
The next place Planted proceeds will support is the Educational Cultural and Art Center Aelita in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. This organization has been raising money and collecting food, hygeine products, first aid kits, and other supplies for people in Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Read MoreThis year’s dance recital season in Manitoba hit different. Here are two organizations I know through Ukrainian dance, a hobby turned passion that changed my life, that you can donate to in support of Ukraine.
Read MoreThe kitchen is a magical place.
It’s where food is cooked up, where everyone seems to gather — no matter how many people there are and no matter how much space outside of the kitchen there is — and it’s also where, at least in my house, I review classic Ukrainian polkas with family.
Read MoreSix months ago, a mysterious Instagram and Facebook account started popping up on my feed: Rodovid Academy of Ukrainian Dance.
“Do you want to be a better Ukrainian dancer?”
“Do you want to take your dance career to the next level?”
“Do you want to improve your dance lexicon?”
Yes, yes, and yes.
Read MoreI take inspiration from anywhere I find it.
This can be from travel, from dance, from books and documentaries, from random things I come across during my day, and of course from people.
Read MoreDance festival season is upon us.
It’s a time of year that has dancers practising their combos under their desks at school, costume coordinators working day in and day out making their volunteer position feel more like a full-time job, and instructors and choreographers feeling excited and nervous and stressed and proud and tired and energized — just so many feelings.
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