Ukrainian children bring a play from a bomb shelter in Brooklyn
Ukrainian children bring a play from a bomb shelter in Brooklyn
The band recently arrived in New York to perform "Mom on Skype", which premiered in April in Lviv, at the Irondale Center this weekend. end.
In a former Sunday school space in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood on Monday, eight children, newly arrived from Ukraine, gathered on a pair of risers and began to sing. p>
Hanna Oneshchak, 12, on accordion, accompanied the other seven as they sang a Ukrainian folk song, "Ta nema toho Mykyty", about a man who decides to leave the country to look for a better job, but then looks at the mountains and, struck by their beauty, changes his mind. "I will not go to American land."
Children, students of the Open-Minded Kids Studio theater school in Lviv, rehearsed the song before two weeks d performances of the play “Mama Po Skaipu” (“Mom on Skype”) at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn. This will be the US premiere of the 80-minute show, which premieres Saturday and Sunday nights.
The band recently arrived in New York to perform "Mom on Skype", which premiered in April in Lviv, at the Irondale Center this weekend. end.
In a former Sunday school space in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood on Monday, eight children, newly arrived from Ukraine, gathered on a pair of risers and began to sing. p>
Hanna Oneshchak, 12, on accordion, accompanied the other seven as they sang a Ukrainian folk song, "Ta nema toho Mykyty", about a man who decides to leave the country to look for a better job, but then looks at the mountains and, struck by their beauty, changes his mind. "I will not go to American land."
Children, students of the Open-Minded Kids Studio theater school in Lviv, rehearsed the song before two weeks d performances of the play “Mama Po Skaipu” (“Mom on Skype”) at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn. This will be the US premiere of the 80-minute show, which premieres Saturday and Sunday nights.