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Abstract
A series of dance seminars was held in Ukraine and Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1991, hosted by a left-wing political and cultural organization, the Association for United Ukrainian Canadians. These seminars heavily influenced the development of Ukrainian dance in Saskatchewan and Canada by introducing new dance techniques, choreography, and costuming from Soviet Ukraine. They were also very controversial, challenging the definition of Ukrainian Canadian identity in Canada during the Soviet era.
Résumé
Une série de séminaires portant sur la danse s’est déroulée dans la Saskatchewan de 1971 à 1991 ; ils étaient organisés par une organisation politique et culturelle de gauche, l’Association pour les Canadiens Ukrainiens Unis. Ces séminaires ont grandement influencé le développement de la danse ukrainienne dans la Saskatchewan et au Canada en introduisant de nouvelles techniques de danse, de nouvelles chorégraphies et de nouveaux costumes en provenance de l’Union Soviétique. Ils ont été également très controversés, remettant en question la définition de l’identité ukrainienne canadienne au Canada à l’époque soviétique.
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