Rusyn Dance from Living Traditions Folk Ensemble Cleveland Museum of Art October 28, 2012
There was a celebration at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Sunday October 28, 2012 to launch the new Ames Family Atrium. The Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Cleveland Chapter, had a table at the event.
Marcia Benko, VP of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society, Cleveland Chapter (3rd from left) and other volunteers at the Rusyn table
The Living Traditions Folk Ensemble performed at the Atrium launch.
Enjoy these videos and photos from the Living Traditions Folk Ensemble performance.
Tom and Cathy Katrenich, Directors of Living Traditions Folk Ensemble
The first dance performed by Living Traditions Folk Ensemble was a 3-part Carpatho-Rusyn Folk Dance from southern Poland called Lemko that contains a polka and a czardas.
The next dance performed by Living Traditions Folk Ensemble was a Folk Dance from the most Eastern part of Slovakia called Zemplin. It is dedicated to Tom Katrenich's Baba Helen and all the women who meant so much to their families
The grand finale was another performance from Zemplin, the Eastern part of Slovakia. It's called To the Orchard.
