Dakh Daughters Band (Ukraine)
This ensemble of seven Ukrainian women grew out of the Kyiv-based experimental theater Dakh. Its cabaret performances mix elements of punk, rock, and rap with Ukrainian folk music. The unbridled creativity of the Dakh Daughters Band has made them one of the country’s symbols for the struggle for democracy.
The Dakh Daughters Band performs original songs and musical adaptations of poems by famous authors (William Shakespeare, Taras Shevchenko, Joseph Brodsky, Charles Bukowski). The band gained wider recognition thanks to the video to its song “Roses/Donbas” and its live performance on the Maidan in 2013. The Dakh Daughters have performed in numerous Ukrainian cities and also in Poland, France, Russia, the United States, and Brazil. In November 2016, the band released its first studio album, IF.
With a ticket to a performance Roses, the entrance to the exhibition The Experience of exile, which takes place in Star Summer Palace (Prague 6) till 29 October 2017, is FREE.
Credits
Director, stage desigh, costumes: Vlad Troitsky
Music: Dakh Daughters Band
Sound design: Roman Falkov
Light design: Switlana Smijewa, Maria Wolkowa
Video: Maria Wolkowa
Producer: Production Dakh – Centre of Contemporary Art, Kiev
Performers: Ruslana Chasipova, Natalka Halanevych, Tetyana Havrylyuk, Solomia Melnyk, Anna Nikitina, Zo
