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Seventy years ago, classical ballet master Pavlo Virsky took a group of traditional Ukrainian folk dancers, melded the two styles and created a professional dance company unlike anything ever seen in ...

ALBANY — In the age of IMAX and CGI, it's nice to know that a tableau of lovely young dancers in brightly colored costumes can still rouse a cheer from the audience. Advertisement Article continues ...

Ukraine’s tradition of folk dance and military dance is wonderfully rich, characterized by bravura jumps and turns for the men and lyrical, mincing steps for the women. In the late thirties, Pavlo ...

With eye-popping dance techniques and gravity-defying feats requiring insurmountable strength and agility, the Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company tumbles and bounces it’s way to Irvine’s Barclay Theatre.