New Pathway
“Montreal’s Hip Hop Hopak Outstanding Success”
http://www.infoukes.com/newpathway/17-2010-Page-8-1.html
2010
View Full New Pathway Article Here
Montreal (CUSU/MUSA) – The first ever dance competition between break-dancing and Ukrainian dancing, called “Hip Hop Hopak” was held in Montreal on Saturday, March 27, 2010, as a fundraiser for Help Us Help The Children for orphan children in Ukraine. The event was organized by the Concordia Ukrainian Students’ Union (CUSU), the McGill Ukrainian Students’ Association (MUSA) with the Ukrainian National Youth Federation (UNYF-MUNO). Over 300 people attended.
The idea originated with CUSU Media Coordinator, Adriana Luhovy, who was always struck by some similarities in the dancing moves within the two different dance styles and thought it would be interesting to bring the two together.
….
Besides coordinating the event, Adriana Luhovy designed the poster, tickets, prepared the Hip Hop Hopak programme booklet, special award plaques for the various categories of participants including dancers awards, and a video clip on YouTube. The program booklet included information about the history of Ukrainian dance inQuebec from the 1920s which began with the arrival of dance instructor and choreographer Vasyl Avramenko originally from Kyiv via Western Ukraine to Canada. The evening was filmed by Concordia University Television (CUTV) and Troyanda.net.
Every summer, university students from CUSU and MUSA volunteer to work with orphan children in Ukraine. Past participants included Johanna Paquin, Melania Czolij, Anna Shabotynsky and Artem Luhovy from MUSA and Adriana Luhovy and Tanya Bednarczyk from CUSU. Comments following the event praised the dance competition fundraising project. The audience found it daring, as never before was such an idea conceived and so professionally executed by university student volunteers. Montrealers are still talking about it, while many others are posting their comments on Facebook. It was a unique experience for all who attended the unforgettable “Hip Hop Hopak” dance competition. Toronto is now planning to organize a similar event this coming fall. For more information refer to CUSU’s website:http://orgserver.csu.qc.ca/~cusucon/CUSU/Welcome.html
PHOTOS
1 – CUSU, MUSA, UNYF student coordinators and volunteers of Hip Hop Hopak Fundraiser
2 – Breakdancers and Ukrainian dancers ending the night