Schimmel Center, 3 Spruce Street
Schimmel Center at Pace University concludes its Series of World Music & Dance and 2018-2019 Season with contemporary Ukranian folk quartet DakhaBrakha on Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 pm. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased at SchimmelCenter.org [1], by phone at 212-346-1715, or by visiting the Schimmel Center Box Office at 3 Spruce St.
Box office hours are Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5pm, and three hours prior to each performance, through intermission.
DakhaBrakha [2] was created in 2004 at the Kyiv Center of Contemporary Art "DAKH" by the avant-garde theatre director Vladyslav Troitskyi. Translating to "give/take" in old Ukrainian, the quartet embraces the roots of Ukrainian folk music, incorporating Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and Australian traditional instrumentation to create a unique world music sound. The group includes Marko Halanevych (vocals, darbuka, tabla, accordion), Iryna Kovalenko (vocals, djembe, bass drums, accordion, percussion, bugay, zgaleyka, piano), Olena Tsybulska (vocals, bass drums, percussion, garmoshka), and Nina Garenetska (vocals, cello, bass drum).
Links:
[1] http://schimmelcenter.org/event/dakhabrakha-2
[2] https://www.dakhabrakha.com.ua/en/