{"id":7768,"date":"2025-06-10T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korsunzapovidnyk.com.ua\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:01:22","slug":"genius-of-ukrainian-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korsunzapovidnyk.com.ua\/en\/genius-of-ukrainian-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"GENIUS OF UKRAINIAN DANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"146\"><strong data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"146\">GENIUS OF UKRAINIAN DANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"469\">To mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Vasyl Kyrylovych Avramenko\u2014a renowned Ukrainian dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and film director\u2014Andriy Khavrus, head of the literary-memorial museum of I. S. Nechuy-Levytsky, held an artistic hour titled \u201cGenius of Ukrainian Dance\u201d for students of the Stebliv Lyceum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"880\">The lyceum students listened with great interest to the story of the Maestro\u2019s difficult childhood. During the presentation, they seemed to be transported back in time to old Stebliv, to the era when their famous compatriot was born. Andriy Khavrus displayed postcards from the 1900s depicting Stebliv, as well as photographs of Vasyl Avramenko in various stage roles and videos of him performing the \u201cHopak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"882\" data-end=\"1463\">The event also highlighted Vasyl Avramenko\u2019s role in the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917\u20131921, his meeting with Symon Petliura, and his artistic activities at the internment camp in Kalisz, where he organized the first school of Ukrainian dance. In emigration, Avramenko taught Ukrainian dance to many, establishing around 50 dance ensembles\u2014primarily in Canada and the United States\u2014which toured numerous countries. He performed at the Metropolitan Opera and met with Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to whom he gifted a traditional Ukrainian pysanka.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1682\">The &#8220;father of Ukrainian dance&#8221;\u2014as he was known in the diaspora\u2014died in New York. On May 4, 1993, in accordance with his will, Vasyl Kyrylovych\u2019s ashes were reburied in his native Stebliv, at the Zarosianske Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1851\">Vasyl Avramenko\u2019s stage costumes, awards, documents, photographs, and personal belongings can be viewed at the historical museum of the Kor\u0441\u0443\u043d\u044c-\u0428\u0435\u0432\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0456\u0432\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENIUS OF UKRAINIAN DANCE To mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Vasyl Kyrylovych Avramenko\u2014a renowned Ukrainian dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and film director\u2014Andriy Khavrus, head of the literary-memorial museum of I. S. Nechuy-Levytsky, held an artistic hour titled \u201cGenius of Ukrainian Dance\u201d for students of the Stebliv Lyceum. 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