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1998 Organised the International Gry Jaryla Theatre Festival; presented the performance They are coming, based on traditional Ukrainian songs 2000 Presented a musical performance-fresco How we praise by singing, based on early Ukrainian sacred songs 2001 Participated in the Solovay Festival, Ukraine 2002 Received the ‘Renaissance’ grant, and realised two performances – a monodrama by Natalka Polovynka entitled Flower-fiancée, and a collective work, The Heralding of Summer 2003 Founded the Art, Research and Educational Centre, Maisternia Pisni; realised the project Irmos. Parting with Christ’s shroud; issued the CD Irmos; began two new projects – Rasa (Maidenhood Ritual) and Bai (Hutsul Mystery); participated in the ‘Ukraina Viva’ festival in Wroclaw, with the performance Field of Summer 2004 Undertook the project After Christmas; created the programme of the ‘Lviv Day’ festival, presenting original Hutsul instrumental music, dances and songs (together with musicians and storytellers from the Carpathian Mountains); participated in the ‘Ukraina Viva’ festival in Wroclaw; performed in a concert of Hutsul music, together with the Tafyitchuk family from Verhovyna 2005 Began the Council project, comprising research into liturgical songs from Byzantine and Latin traditions; realised the project Theotokos in co-operation with Schola Teatru Wegajty [Wegajty Theatre School]; participated in the early music festival Song of Our Roots in Jaroslaw; produced a documentary film devoted to the Bai project; participated in the ‘Sources–Sonority–Sound’ festival in Bielefeld, Germany, with the performance Flower-fiancée, and a workshop-seminar entitled Kraj spiewu; conducted the workshop Source of Drama at the Grotowski Centre; participated in the Festival of Sacred Music in Warsaw, presenting Advent liturgical songs 2006 Realisation of Project Irmos; conducted research into sacred Christmas songs found in manuscripts and prints from the region of Ukraine formerly under Austrian rule (17th century); conducted workshops and presented the performance Flower-fiancée, as part of the international practical seminar ‘Giving Voice’, held in Aberystwyth (Wales) by the Centre for Performance Research 2006 and 2007 Realisation of Project Rasa: work on songs originating from various regions of Ukraine, especially from Vinnica, Poltava and Polesia, analysis of them within the context of female rituals, research into adequate theatrical forms with which to present this material. One of the elements of the project is work on the performance On Sunday Morning, which premiered in Brzezinka on 8th and 9th March, 2007. Also, in October 2006 and March 2007, two work sessions were held in Brzezinka, as part of the international project Song of Songs |