Saturday, January 11 | Noon – 6pm
The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (9225 118 Ave)
NEW to Deep Freeze this year, we are proud to welcome Hannia Tarasiuk to the festival! Hannia Tarasiuk has taught at many dance schools across Manitoba. She is a former member and instructor of the Rusalka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble in Winnipeg, where she also served as Chairperson, and special projects coordinator. Hannia was also the former Artsitic Director of the Troyanda Dance Ensemble.
Hannia also taught in the Ukrainian Bilingual program for many years, and now enjoys spending some of her time sharing her stories and other Ukrainian traditional stories with children.
At Deep Freeze, Hannia will be telling the story of Anton. Anton, a nine year old boy, is given a traditional Carpathian Hutsul vest called a keptar from his Baba. Anton wears the vest and goes outside to play. He meets a lost sea creature, a Rusalka, and helps her find her way back to the sea. On the way, they have a few adventures, and Anton finds out his vest has magical power.
Hannia will also be leading art activity workshops.