by Suki O'Kane | Jul 18, 2014 | 2014, Performing Arts
Choreographer Erika Chong Shuch is collaborating with Kitka, a vocal arts ensemble that is dedicated to music rooted in Eastern European women’s vocal traditions, to create Iron Shoes, a contemporary neo-feminist folk opera combining singing, movement, text, humor,...
by Frances Phillips | Aug 6, 2009 | 2009, Traditional Arts
Kitka, Inc collaborating with Maria Poletaeva and the Russian folk arts collective Russia House Kedry, and with Tatiana Teodorovich to create Zhatva, an inter-generational outdoor musical ritual transforming ancient rural Russian customs associated with the autumn...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 12, 2002 | 2002, Performing Arts
KITKA Women’s Vocal Ensemble collaborating with director Ellen Sebastian Chang and composer Mariana Sadovska to create The Rusalki Cycle, an opera weaving together traditional Slavic folk songs with original new music.