MELBOURNE HOPAK short film, reactions DANCE Festival
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4m 15s
Melbourne Hopak, 10min., Australia
Directed by Melanie Anna Moravski Dechnicz
Melbourne Hopak is part of the Lehenda Film series. The origins of Lehenda’s film series can be traced back to the global Covid-19 lockdowns—a time when theatres were dark, stages silent, and traditional forms of cultural expression temporarily out of reach. Faced with the absence of live performance, we turned to film as a new medium to preserve and express our identity as Australian Ukrainians.
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