On June 12, 2009, an exhibition titled ‘A Cape Breton Story of Ukrainian Dance: From Village to Stage’ opens in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Curated by Dr. Marcia Ostashewski, Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Cape Breton Studies at Cape Breton University (and currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Interactive Media and Performance at the University of Regina), the exhibit's creation also owes much to Archivist Jane Arnold and her colleagues at the Beaton Institute and to Michele MacDonald, Director of the Cape Breton University Art Gallery. Many of the material items that are part of the exhibit are on loan from the private collections of dancers and instructors, as well as the Beaton Institute’s Archives.
Cape Breton University will be hosting the exhibition from June 12 through August 14, 2009. This presentation depicts, in brief, 70 years of Ukrainian Dance in Cape Breton.
