Vsi: The Podcast

So what’s it like training with one of Ukraine’s top folk ensembles? In this episode, we give an overview of our experience training with the Virsky Studio dancers. These dancers are in a two-year program that prepares them to audition for the Virsky company. What Else You’ll Hear - A breakdown of the classes Virsky Studio dancers must take - How we Canadians kept up with these soon-to-be professi...

Wearing a heeled shoe in Ukrainian dance has always sort of been a right of passage — it’s a step up from slippers in your younger years, and the gateway to what comes next: the red boot. In this episode, we share how our character shoes — and how our own characters — evolved during the year we spent dancing in Ukraine, training with the country’s top folk ensembles. What else you’ll hear: - Where...

Vsi episodes come out once (maybe twice) a month, and the first one will be released in February. Head to our website vsi-ukr.com to subscribe to our newsletter, and we’ll let you know when the first one drops! Thanks to Joryj Kłoc for letting us use “Poltavśkyj Sotnyk” as Vsi ’s theme song.