Dances
Poltavka


A dance from Poltava region of the Ukraine. It is performed by girls with a soloist encouraging the girls to dance from a slow to a fast tempo.
Vertilka


The girls perform this dance using scarves. The scarf is handed down through different generations - from Grandmother to Mother, Mother to Daughter and so on. As the scarf is regarded as a family heirloom it is worn with pride and affection.
Na Lyvadi (The Meadow)


A graceful opening and as the dance continues the tempo increases until they reach a crescendo of colour and movement.
Na Polyani (On The Village Green)


This is one of Orlyk’s oldest dances and shows the girls coming together to pick flowers, which will eventually go to make their head-dresses. The slow, sentimental music allows the girls to express themselves with great grace and style. At the end the completed wreaths are presented to the audience as a typical gesture of friendship and love.
Snih U Sadu (The Snow in the Orchard)


A graceful, melodic dance on the approach of winter – the girls sing as they imagine the snowflakes falling in the leafless orchard, covering the trees with a new life of icicles glistening in the morning frost.