VIY

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VIY

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VIY

Educational Theater of ZNU, Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine)

Dance theater
Duration: 45 minutes

The play is based on the eponymous story "VIY", a hair-raising gothic horror novella written in 1835 by the Ukrainian writer Nikolay Gogol. The novella begins in Ukraine, near Kiev, where a group of seminary students from the city wander the countryside drunk during their summer vacation.

They get lost and spend a night in the company of a gaunt witch. A brawl breaks out and one of the students, Khoma, murders the supposed witch. However, it turns out that he actually killed the daughter of a beautiful landowner, and now he has to sit with her corpse in a church for three days and protect her from evil spirits.

The project was created in 2023 as part of the ZNU's educational theater as a diploma thesis by 4th year students of the "Stage Arts" course. Our drama students are on a quest for innovation, which is reflected in their performances. They independently chose the play for the production, selected and chose the music for the performance and actively collaborated with the choreographer during the production.

Relaxed Performance

Little language

Hint
The piece includes:

• strobe/rapid light changes
• Loud and sudden noises
• fog
• Artists in the audience

The ensemble

Artistic direction and choreography:
Professor of the Department of Drama at ZNU Iuliana Goncharenko
Artistic director and festival director: Olga Kargadze
Ensemble and training director: Kostiantyn Kuzmin

Performers: Daria Eksler, Yehor Pylypenko, Serhii Koval, Illia Reznychenko, Kyrylo Metashov, Mariia Haza, Alona Zabielina, Viktoriia Steblivska,Mariia Porazhnytska, Olha Melnyk, Anna Derei, Viktor Soldatov and Karina Drel

What is the Climate Impact Ticket?

In cooperation with the PATHOS theater, we would like to take responsibility for the climate impact costs of theater operations together with our audience and thus set an example for a fair pricing policy.

The €2 or €4 surcharge on the ticket price will go 100% to the Climate Fair project, which promotes social and ecological transformation in Germany and here in Munich (e.g. through the construction of solar systems, green roofs and energy-saving projects).

You can find detailed information on the Pathos homepage.