Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University supported the youth artistic initiative to popularize the Boyko dance “Boykivchanka”. On May 10, students of the Institute of Arts of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, together with more than 20 dance groups of Prykarpattia, performed the dance at the “Rukh” stadium in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Students of the specialties “Stage Art”, “Musical Art” and “Secondary Education. Musical Art”, as well as the ensemble “Dyvotsvit” took part in the event.
The initiators of the university’s participation were teachers of the Institute of Arts Olga Kvetsko and Natalia Marusyk.
Our university is national and Ukrainian in spirit, and therefore one of its missions is to preserve elements of traditional culture.
“Boykivchanka” is a dance that symbolizes unity, national identity and the connection of generations. It is through such initiatives that the university demonstrates openness to cooperation with young people and creates a modern image of the Carpathian region as a space of living tradition.
According to the acting rector of the university, Igor Tsependa, “with such bright large-scale events we strive to inspire young people to choose creative specialties and join the artistic life of the Carpathian region.”
The dance event ended with the fixation of the Ukrainian Record for the most massive performance of the Boyko dance.