Catalogue

Amateur Folk Dance Ensemble “Volynianka”

Amateur Folk Dance Ensemble “Volynianka” was founded in 1959 at the Lutsk Culture House. In 1960 for its professional craft was awarded with the honorable title “National”.
The repertoir shows the wealth of the Ukrainian folklore: Volyn folk dances “Buyan Skakunets”, “Kladochka”, “Hupaly”, “Volyn Kadryl”, “Volyn Polka”, “Veretenchyk”, “Kruzhelytsia”; Ukrainian folk dances “Hopak”, “Viterets”, “Dance with Reshitky”, “Povzunets” and others. The musicians use such Ukrainian instruments as bugai, koza-bas, sopilka, dulcimers, nai, double-bas and so on.
The ensemble has represented Ukraine on international folklore festivals in Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Moldova, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Tunis, Livia, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Austria, France, Israel, Sweden, Portugal, Luxemburg, Egypt, Russia.
The leader of the Folk Dance Ensemble “Volynianka” is Volodymyr Chernov.