|
 |
Features |
|
|


The Rusalka Cycle
KITKA's adventurous vocal-theater project The Rusalka Cycle:
Songs Between the Worlds premiered to packed houses and
overwhelming response in Novemner 2005 in Oakland, California. Our
work with composer/performance artist Mariana Sadovska, and
stage director Ellen Sebastian Chang challenged and stretched
us into some very exciting new forms of creative expression, and
we, as artists have been deeply transformed by this experience.
KITKA has since remounted the show in San Francisco and at The Revolutions
International Theater Festival in 2008 in Albuquerque, NM. In April
2009, we brought the show back to Ukraine with additional performances
at the Giving Voice Festival in Poland and Golbalize:Colonge 2009
in Germany. In June 2010, we will perform The Rusalka
Cycle at the Stimmen
Festival in Lorrach Germany.
We
had an amazing time in Bulgaria working, playing, and performing
with the astonishing singers of Le Mystére des Voix Bulgares.
Here is our on-line
chronicle of our Bulgarian adventure, complete with photos
and journal entries! Heartfelt thanks the many individuals and
organizations who contributed towards our Balkan travel fund and
enabled us to realize this dream-journey!
| Travel back through the centuries, and then listen to KITKA. These eight women provide the heart and soul of this production, creating a nasal, dissonant sound that gives voice to human suffering. Its a lament that creeps into your consciousness in the most subtle way. The voices of that marvelous chorus produces shivers.
Patti Hartigan, The Boston Globe
|
|
|
|
|