{"id":337,"date":"2026-02-05T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virskydance.com\/?p=337"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:35:01","slug":"the-dance-that-became-a-lifes-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virskydance.com\/en\/blog\/the-dance-that-became-a-lifes-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"The dance that became a life\u2019s destiny."},"content":{"rendered":"
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30 January, 2026<\/strong> \"\ud83c\udfa5\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded by our company in Toronto, this program is an open conversation with\u00a0Oleksandr Borodulya<\/strong>, former soloist of the\u00a0Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble<\/strong>.\nThe interview is in\u00a0Russian<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 as a form of\u00a0counter-propaganda<\/strong>, with a fragile yet sincere hope to reach those who still live within Soviet myths and cannot grasp what\u00a0the real Ukraine\u00a0is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83c\udfa5\"In this conversation \u2014 the stage and the tours, the war with Russia, the people who refused to break, and\u00a0Ukrainian dance as the soul of the nation<\/strong>, which can never be conquered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We prepared\u00a0transcripts in Ukrainian and English<\/strong>\u00a0so that this voice \u2014 and the strength it carries \u2014 can be heard both in Ukraine and beyond its borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udd17\"\u00a0Watch the program:<\/strong>
\"\ud83d\udc49\"\u00a0YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udcd6\"\u00a0Ukrainian transcript:<\/strong>
\"\ud83d\udc49\"\u00a0gregoryantimony.com\/ru\/oleksandr-borodulya<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udcd6\"\u00a0\u00a0English transcript:<\/strong>
\"\ud83d\udc49\"\u00a0gregoryantimony.com\/oleksandr-borodulya<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#HourOfInterview #GregoryAntimony #OleksandrBorodulya #VirskyEnsemble #UkrainianDance #ECGProductions #Documentary #Ukraine #CounterPropaganda #CultureAsResistance<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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