Earth-Song, a unique theatre performance for Ukraine

‘How rarely can you hear a live song now! Live - from a living source; from this person in this time and space. Today, a person loves, breathes, gives birth in the same way as a thousand years ago. And the song preserves and enlivens in a person exactly what makes them a human. It is through this act of singing here and now that the human, as Taras Shevchenko said, ‘comes to life again and laughs again’. And together we share in that.’ - Nataliia Polovynka

Earth-Song is a special type of theatrical performance where the main actor is Ukrainian Song. For Word and Voice Theatre Centre traditional and ancient songs are receptacles of the deepest knowledge and an expression of the highest poetry. They are the holders of tradition, the keepers of how humans and the land have lived together for centuries. Within song, the mystery of Being…