Forest song (MAVKA) by Lesya Ukrainka

Happy 150th Birthday, Lesya Ukrainka!

To honor the memory of the outstanding poetess, on March, 4th the 10th grade presented a performance based on the fairy-tale drama "The Forest Song" one of the most beloved works of Ukrainian classical literature. This is Mavka's story and our vision and feelings of its Beauty, Life and Love.

This play embodies the popular perception of the world around us, the ancient mythological thinking of Ukrainians, the search for oneself in the modern world.

In the magical world of ancient stories and fairy tales, otherworldly forest heroes come into contact with the human world, and the problem of human relations arises - in the person of Lukash, his mother, Kilina’s widow, and nature - in Mavka and other forest dwellers. After all, people are used to treating nature as a consumer!

Using natural gifts, a person does not notice his malicious actions. Meeting with the fantasy world of the ancient forest and falling in love with Mavka, Lukash breaks the habitual way of his world and the magic world of the forest.

For the actors from the 10th form as well as teachers, it was a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Students improved their skills, encouraged creativity, experimented with language, brought them out of themselves.

Gymnasium 39, Kamianske

2021 HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE:

“FOREST SONG” (an excerpt)

by Lesia Ukrainka

The Cast

MAVKA - Sofiia Lubinets

LUKASH - Arsenii Borisov

UNCLE LEV - Anton Polianskii

MOTHER OF LUKASH Yaroslava Kravchenko

KYLYNA - Nadiia Kheilik

DRYAD - Polina Cherpakova

FOREST ELF – Vlad Rudenko