Mariana Sadovska
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Mariana Sadovska is a German
-based Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist and composer.
Theater (Lviv, Ukraine) at Anatole Vasiliev's Festivals in St. Petersburg and Moscow
. There she was tapped for the "Slavic Pilgrim Project" by Jerzy Grotowski
in Pontedera
, Italy
. Later that year, she was invited to join Theater Gardzienice where she worked for 10 years as an actor and music director. During her tenure with Gardzienice, she conducted ethnomusicological expeditions to Ukraine, Ireland, Egypt, Cuba and Brazil. She has since organized many cultural exchanges between contemporary artists from Europe and the United States with the native singers of Ukraine.
In 2001, she moved to New York with a grant from the Earth Foundation. There she worked as a music director with La Mama
E.T.C.'s resident theater company, Yara Arts Group.
During her residence in NYC, she began working on her solo performances as well as collaborations with such renowned artists as Julian Kytasty
, Michael Alpert
(of Brave Old World
), Anthony Coleman
, Frank London
, Victoria Hanna and Sanda
.
In 2001, Global Village
produced her first solo CD, Songs I learned in Ukraine. In 2005, Sadovska and EVOE group produced her second solo CD "Borderland." Since then she had appearances at Knitting Factory
, Joe's Pub
, BAM
, Macor
, Galapagos and Exit Art
.
She teaches workshops on vocal techniques she has collected through her travels at the Grotowski Center (Poland), Giving Voice Festival (UK), International Workshop Festival (Israel), The Royal Shakespeare Co.(London), as well as many academic institutions, including Harvard, Swarthmore, SUNY Buffalo, NYU and UC Santa Barbara.
In July 2005, she taught workshops at the University of Kabul (Afghanistan). In 2006 she was a Guest Musical Director for the Art Atelier Program curated by Toni Morrison
at Princeton University
. In 2008 Sadovska became a Fulbright scholar.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-based Ukrainian actress, singer, musician, recording artist and composer.
Life
Sadovska began her work with Les KurbasLes Kurbas
Oleksandr-Zenon Stepanovych Kurbas , a Ukrainian movie and theater director, is considered by many to be the most important Ukrainian theater director of the 20th century...
Theater (Lviv, Ukraine) at Anatole Vasiliev's Festivals in St. Petersburg and Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. There she was tapped for the "Slavic Pilgrim Project" by Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theatre, the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts....
in Pontedera
Pontedera
Pontedera is an Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the administrative province of Pisa. It is the headquarters of the Piaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Later that year, she was invited to join Theater Gardzienice where she worked for 10 years as an actor and music director. During her tenure with Gardzienice, she conducted ethnomusicological expeditions to Ukraine, Ireland, Egypt, Cuba and Brazil. She has since organized many cultural exchanges between contemporary artists from Europe and the United States with the native singers of Ukraine.
In 2001, she moved to New York with a grant from the Earth Foundation. There she worked as a music director with La Mama
La Mama
La Mama may refer to:* La Mama - a German disco group* La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in East Village, Manhattan, New York City, founded 1961* La Mama Theatre in Carlton, Victoria, Australia, founded 1967...
E.T.C.'s resident theater company, Yara Arts Group.
During her residence in NYC, she began working on her solo performances as well as collaborations with such renowned artists as Julian Kytasty
Julian Kytasty
Julian Kytasty is a Ukrainian-American composer, singer, kobzar, bandurist, flute player and conductor. He was born January 23 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, in the family of refugees....
, Michael Alpert
Michael Alpert
Michael Alpert is a klezmer singer and multi-instrumentalist and has been called a key figure in the klezmer revival of the 1970s and 1980s....
(of Brave Old World
Brave Old World
Brave Old World is an international klezmer band formed in 1989.Members hail from the US and Germany. The Washington Post called Brave Old World "the revival's first supergroup. Every player is a virtuoso"....
), Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman is an American musician. Coleman is a piano and keys player, trombonist and vocalist mainly working within the free improvised and avant-garde jazz scenes in downtown New York during the late 1970s through to the present day.His greatest impact was during the 80s and 90s when he...
, Frank London
Frank London
Frank London is a New York City-based trumpeter, bandleader, and composer active in klezmer and world music. He also plays various other wind instruments and keyboards, and occasionally sings backup vocals. With The Klezmatics, he won a Grammy award in Contemporary World Music for "Wonder Wheel...
, Victoria Hanna and Sanda
Sanda
-Places:* Sanda, Hyōgo, Japan* Sanda University, Shanghai, China* Sanda, Lahore, Pakistan* Various islands in Scotland:** Sanda Island , off Kintyre** Handa, Scotland , off Sutherland...
.
In 2001, Global Village
Global Village
Global Village is an Australian television show broadcast by the Australian public broadcaster SBS. The program is hosted by Silvio Rivier, who also does many of the voice overs. In 2008 it combined with Thalassa, a French documentary series, to expand its coverage of coastal areas.Global Village...
produced her first solo CD, Songs I learned in Ukraine. In 2005, Sadovska and EVOE group produced her second solo CD "Borderland." Since then she had appearances at Knitting Factory
Knitting Factory
The Knitting Factory is a music venue and concert house with locations in Brooklyn, Boise, Reno, and Spokane. The club originally specialized in jazz and experimental music and has expanded to showcasing all genres of music, performing arts and comedy....
, Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub
Joe's Pub at Public Theater is a nightclub that hosts live performances regularly. The venue, which is a non-profit operation, is located at 425 Lafayette Street near Astor Place in Manhattan, New York City...
, BAM
Bam
Bam is commonly used as an onomatopoeia for a sound, mostly that of an impact or collision.Bam or BAM may also refer to:Places:*Bam, Iran, a city*Bam County, an administrative subdivision of Iran*Bam Province, Burkina Faso...
, Macor
MACOR
MACOR is a machineable glass-ceramic developed and sold by Corning Incorporated. It is a white material that looks somewhat like porcelain. MACOR has excellent thermal characteristics, acting as efficient insulation, and stable up to temperatures of 1000 °C, with very little thermal expansion or...
, Galapagos and Exit Art
Exit Art
Exit Art is a non-profit cultural center established in 1982. Located in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, United States, the two-story gallery exhibits contemporary visual art, installation, video, theater, and performance....
.
She teaches workshops on vocal techniques she has collected through her travels at the Grotowski Center (Poland), Giving Voice Festival (UK), International Workshop Festival (Israel), The Royal Shakespeare Co.(London), as well as many academic institutions, including Harvard, Swarthmore, SUNY Buffalo, NYU and UC Santa Barbara.
In July 2005, she taught workshops at the University of Kabul (Afghanistan). In 2006 she was a Guest Musical Director for the Art Atelier Program curated by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved...
at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. In 2008 Sadovska became a Fulbright scholar.
Discography
- Gardzienice's Metamorfozy Altmaster (Poland; 2000)
- Songs I Learned in Ukraine, Global Village Music USA June 2001,
- Song Tree, 2001 in collaboration with Radio Lublin (Poland), Yara Arts Group (USA), UNESCO-produced
External links
- Official website: http://www.borderlandmusic.de
- Unofficial website: http://www.mo-productions.com/eng/marframe.html
- Review: Songs I Learned in Ukraine