A "Raven" landing at La MaMa

Yara Arts Group presents Raven

Virlana Tkacz, her enchanting Yara Arts Group and artists from Ukraine have teamed up for a new production--Raven--presented at La MaMa. Inspired by the poetry of Oleh Lysheha, who was awarded the PEN Poetry Translation Prize for his work, Raven concludes its run this coming Sunday. Performances are at 7:30pm, tonight through Saturday, with a Sunday matinee at 2:30pm.

Raven speaks to our desire to explore unknowable boundaries. Sharply delineated details from everyday life transform to reveal the true nature of reality. Birds, trees and fruit bear messages for the careful observer. The forest protects the secrets of the invisible path. Yara's production uses music, movement, song and voice to explore the images of the poem, which is spoken both in the original and in its English translation by Virlana Tkacz and Wanda Phipps.

Ticket information

La MaMa (First Floor Theatre)
74 East 4th Street (between Bowery and Second Avenue), Manhattan
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