Editor’s Note: Ukraine remains under quarantine scheduled at least until Feb. 28. The entertainment industry operates under new measures that include physical distancing and limits on the number of attendees. To let us know about upcoming shows, exhibitions, concerts, movie screenings, festivals and parties, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
Three-piece performance by Kyiv Modern Ballet
This performance by Kyiv Modern Ballet consists of three pieces. “Closer Than Love” shows three stages of a relationship: the birth, blossoming and the death of feelings. The second one is “1984. Another,” a ballet adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel. And “Con Tutti Instrumenti” will offer some contemporary choreography.
‘Closer than love, 1984. Another.’ by Kyiv Modern Ballet. Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theater for Children and Youth (2 Mezhyhirska St.) Feb. 18. 7 p.m. Hr 190-500
The exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artist Evgen Klimenko, “My Nudes,” takes place at Kyiv’s Angar cafe until Feb. 16. (Angar Kyiv)
‘My nudes’ by Evgen Klimenko
Don’t miss the last chance to visit an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artist Evgen Klimenko at the Angar cafe. The artist who works with various techniques brought together graphic works from the “My Nudes” series. The pieces depicting silhouettes of naked people explore the plasticity and elasticity of a human body. The exhibited artworks from the series are also available for sale for $50-400.
“My nudes” by Evgen Klimenko. Angar (30 Reitarska St.) Feb. 12 – 16. 10 a. m. — 10 p. m. Free
The current exhibition at the National Art Museum of Ukraine offers a look a private collection consisting of more than 80 brooches created in the 1910-1970s. (Van Cleef & Arpels/Facebook)
‘Art of Clip’ brooch exhibition
The National Art Museum of Ukraine, also known as NAMU, showcases a private collection of 1910-1970s brooches. The pieces belong to the Van Cleef & Arpels house of high jewelry founded in 1896 in Paris. Inspired by Renaissance fashion, the exhibition presents a collection of more than 80 brooches shapes as stylized ribbons, various curls, twisted ornaments and bows.
‘Art of Clip’ brooch exhibition. National Art Museum of Ukraine (6 Mykhaila Hrushevskoho St.) Feb. 12 – Feb. 28. Wed-Thu 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Fri-Sat. 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sun. 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Hr 150 – for adults, Hr 50 – for elderly, children and students
Ukrainian hip-pop band TNMK will perform their songs in jazz arrangement on Feb. 20 in Kyiv.
TNMK jazzy concert
Ukraine’s legendary hip-hop band TNMK (Tanok na Maidani Kongo) will present their songs in jazz arrangements by Ukrainian jazz musician and composer Dennis Adu. They will play the program for the first time in Kyiv after giving a joint performance at Leopolis Jazz Fest, an international jazz festival in Lviv. One of the TNMK duo members, Oleh Mykhailyuta, said on Instagram that the show “turned out so great and powerful that we have no right to not play it anymore.”
TNMK jazzy concert. Stereo Plaza (119 Lobanovskoho St.) Feb. 20. 7 p.m. Hr 690-2,590.
