"I was just tooling around UkeTube, the creative brainchild of the Strilka (Ukrainian singles) folks and came across this clip of Ukrainian dancers from Brazil....
The quality of the video is poor (very pixelated) but you can still make out what's going on ... and the music is great!
The music has a lot of deep bass which I've only ever heard in the really old music recordings (and perhaps from some European groups).
There are some interesting moves, on the part of both the guys and the gals, that I haven't seen done here in North America ... and believe me, I've seen a lot of Ukrainian dance groups!
The other thing that struck me is that they seem somehow, um, sexier ... in a subtle way. I can't explain it, I just got that feeling watching them. The guys seem so macho and the girls more feminine. Maybe in South America men and women just be themselves more, possibly because of the dominant Latino culture? I dunno, but I like it! ;-)
Closer to home, I came across this clip of the Kvitka Dancers of Surrey doing the Hopak at their Vesna 2007 concert. Looks like it was another fabulous show... (That'll teach me to miss their concert!)
There's a lot of great clips on UkeTube, go there often and enjoy!"
10 April 2007
I recently discovered Dido baba lyuby't by Bohdanovich, fell in love with it, and decided to create a simple, no-nonsense video of this upbeat and joyous Ukrainian song for UkeTube. Check it out.
Paulette "Pawlina" Demchuk MacQuarrie
Producer/Host
Nash Holos Ukrainian Music Programme
Vancouver
"I checked out the Web site you guys put together and I must say it is impressive! Really!! I am happy that finally more organizations and groups are forming for Ukrainians to connect on the Internet."
Adrian
Columbia University
New York City
Congratulations for finally starting the first Ukrainian Singles Website! I recently joined and I think that it is great!
"This site is a great idea to help Ukrainian people meet others within the culture."
"Thanks and good work with the site - hope it keeps growing in the years to come!"
"Awesome that someone is getting us Ukie's out there and customizing sites to better suit us!"
