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Cheremosh Recognized in the Legislature

Cheremosh on Breakfast Television

October 26, 2010 - City TV Breakfast Television: Bridget Ryan is out with the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dancers as they celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Cheremosh!...watch video

A Celebration of Culture
Local Ukrainian dance troupe celebreates its 40th anniversary.

October 28, 2010: SEE Magazine: The Edmonton region is home to more Ukrainian dancers per capita than anywhere else on the planet, including Ukraine. Maybe it owes to the city’s rich tradition of celebrating cultural diversity or the deep roots Ukrainians have in the region, which the world’s largest pysanka and the Ukrainian Cultural Village attest to. And admittedly, just maybe, these are the prevailing stereotypes we hold of Edmonton’s Ukrainian community: they dance, dress happy, smile a lot and paint eggs. It sounds quite zen, really...full story

Cheremosh company celebrates colourful roots with gala evning
Dinner theatre marks 40 years of Ukrainian dance by local troupe

October 28, 2010: Edmonton Journal - Cheremosh, named for a river in Western Ukraine, is a fitting moniker for a long-standing cultural dance institution in the river city of Edmonton. Over four decades, Cheremosh has moved hundreds of Canadian Ukrainian dancers, quenched their thirst to better understand their heritage, nurtured a connection with their roots and steeped them in their culture's stories and bright colours, carving out unforgettable life experiences and leaving a lasting impression with audiences everywhere it has flowed.

Edmonton's gang at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival in Scotland

August 7, 2010: Edmonton Sun: Cheremshyna just built the fireworks of so many of these groups to a high level with the traditional hopak, with all the crowd-pleasing quick gravity-defying solo dances of these boys none of whom would be older than 19, plus a fun folk piece about a young fella learning the ropes before being accepted by his older peers...full story

Reason 41 to Love Edmonton: Top Ukrainian Dancers

April 16, 2010: Edmonton Journal - In the world of dance, ballet's got the grace and sophistication. Hip-hop's got the cool and the blockbuster movies (Step Up, anyone?). Salsa's got fire. Ukrainian dance? Well, it's got a little bit of everything: speed, acrobatics, style and even flames of its own — real, living, breathing ones that star in traditional arkan dances...full story

Razom featured on Canada's Premier Dance Website - The Dance Current

November 17, 2009: The Dance Current - Earlier this fall, three of Canada's premier Ukrainian dance choreographers collaborated to create and present Razom. This fitting title means "together" and features an enormous cast of 90 dancers from Edmonton's Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, Winnipeg's Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, and Calgary's Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble...full story

Passions Collide in Writers Debut Documentary

November, 2009:  Grant MacEwan University - In her first film Gail Currie, a 2007 graduate of MacEwan's Professional Writing Diploma program, combines her passion for the written word with a man's life obsession in the world of dance...full story

Cheremosh Benefit and Ball a family reunion

November 12- 25, 2009: Ukrainian News - Approximately 220 current dancers, alumni and supporters attended the 2009 Benefit and Ball organized by the Ukrainian Cheremosh Society at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre in Edmonton, Oct. 24...full story

Razom - a fusion of sheer artistry and acrobatics

October 1, 2009: Ukrainian News - The combined forces of Edmonton's Cheremosh, Calgary's Tryzub and Winnipeg's Rusalka thrilled the audience at Edmonton's Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium with a display of sheer artistry and acrobatics as they premiered their joint effort "Razom: A Fusion of Ukrainian Dance", Sept. 26....full story

An explosion of Ukrainian folk-dance energy
Concert will showcase evolution of style on the Prairies

September 24, 2009: Edmonton Journal -  Western Canada is  home to several large Ukrainian dance companies and the ties that bind these well-established organizations are like the long, intertwining branches of a family tree, criss-crossing the Prairies...full story

Engineering grad dances to success

June 11, 2009: University of Alberta - She has danced on stages around the world, but when Zorya Bociurkiw walks across the Jubilee Auditorium stage for convocation, it will be a completely new experience. The accomplished student, a gifted Ukrainian dancer, will receive a degree in Materials Engineering with distinction at her convocation June 11

Cheremosh Artistic Director receives RISE Award

June 10, 2009: Ukrainian News - The members of the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company and the Ukrainian Cheremosh Society are pleased to announce that Artistic Director and Ballet Master Mykola Kanevets received a RISE award on May 7...full story

Cheremosh dancers bring Ukrainian flavour to Daysland

Mykola Shares his Expertise in Australia

February 29, 2008 - Mykola Kanevets, Artistic Director of Edmonton’s Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, has a lot of big ideas.  At a recent Cheremosh rehearsal he told his dancers, "If you can control yourself, you can change the entire universe." His recent trip to Australia is evidence that this philosophy has worked well for him and is impacting the Ukrainian dance scene in Australia ...full story

Cheremosh Tours China

November 2007 - A very successful tour was the consensus as the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company and Blackfoot Medicine Speaks made their way home from China. The two companies left for a 20-day tour at the beginning of August ...full story

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