Creative collectives

This orchestra of Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts and Lugansk regional college of Culture and Arts has started at the beginning of 1999. Its’ artistic producer is Nataliya Kozlova – leading professor and exponent.     

Collective repertoire includes different époques, styles and directions composers’ creations, starting from A. Korelli, I. Bakh till Beethoven and F. Shubert, from P. Tchaikovsky and M. Shostakovych till M. Skoryk and V. Borysov. The orchestra became the first exponent of S.Turneyev, G. Hausner, A. Voronov compositions, it has got the applauses of such international festivals listeners like «Kharkov assemblies», «Moscow autumn», «Musik forum Klosterneuburg». The Honored artist of Russia, the professor of Moscow State conservatory after P. Tchaikovsky – Yuriy Tkanov; conductors: the Honored Arts Worker of Ukraine, Sh. Patladzhan, E. Vurdinger, (Austria), the Honored Arts Worker of Ukraine – V. Trubin- Leonov (USA), O. Shadrin (Russia) collaborate constantly with the collective. The «Serenada» concerts had a great success at Rakhmaninov Hall of Moscow State Conservatory, the Hall of State Historical Museum of Moscow, The Hall of Saint Martin Cathedral, at Vienna Musical and Exponential Craft University.

Artistic director Chamber Orchestra "Serenada», Leading teacher Nadezda Kozlova

This collective has started its’ musical biography in 2002 as an active promoter of different countries folk music. Such title does not limit its’ repertoire, as the collective program includes classical and varieties compositions and folk songs and dances modern variations. The ensemble has been created by the Honored Culture Worker of Ukraine Svitlana Petryk, and it has been headed till nowadays by an experienced LSICA professor Iryna Zolotaryova. The collective has made successful performances at various concert programs, made tours to Russia.     

The soloists of Lugansk regional Philharmonic society, leading button accordion player, the Honored Artist of Ukraine – the associate professor of Odessa Musical Academy after A. Nezhdanova V. Murzha perform together with collective.

This collective of Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts and Lugansk regional college of Culture and Arts under the guidance of Mykola Yovsa has become the peer of third millennium. It has renewed the best traditions of jazz music playing, adopted at Culture Palace after Lenin, which was known in frames of Ukraine in 60–ies of the past century.

The orchestra attracts by its repertoire, based upon jazz classics- J. Ellington, K. Bayzey, X. Teasol, M. Ferguson, as well as on modern composers’ creations. Each collective performance is a holiday as jazz men demonstrate different styles virtuosic mastering, technical craftsmanship, ensemble unity. Exactly this features have provided the laureate titles at numerous all Ukrainian and international festivals for collective. Jazz orchestra made tours to Kiev, Yalta, Donetsk, worked on the same stage with Australian jazz singer Marry Mass.

This ensemble exists in the institute during many years and is headed by enthusiast of her craft Alyona Shabalina. The collective participants are the students of «Modern choreography» specialization. In 2002 Dance theatre of LSICA became the first Ukrainian modern dance collective which got honored title «popular». The collective choreography is marked by high technical level. Its performances amaze by their uncommonness, original choreographic solutions, which are synthesis of modern choreography various directions.

In November 2004, popular Dance theatre of LSICA gained Grand Prix of IV All Ukrainian open festival contest of classical, ball and modern dance «Dreams star set». The collective is famous by original performances such as: modern ballet «Mermaid» by H. Ch. Andersen, modern ballet «Follow the air» and choreographic performances «Miniature», «Pour over the life».

The ensemble history has started six years ago upon the initiative of the producer – choreographic art chair professor, highest category judge, Luhansk region dancing sport federation president – Olena Beryozina. The collective artists are the students of «ball choreography» specialization, bearing the champions of Ukraine, world cup half finalists, region champions’ titles in ball dancing area. The collective repertoire is uncommon and versatile, starting from European and Latin America dance program, that is commonly accepted in the world, till uncommon performances on the basis of ball dances with the selection of modern and unexpected musical material selection.     

During the time of collective activity a range of concert programs had been created, about 50 choreographic performances had been staged and being shown by the collective at regional stages and in Ukraine.

The name of the theatre was offered by students: «We’ll always be revealing and honest with our audience». The production director is the dramatic art head chair, associate professor, the Honored Culture Worker of Ukraine – Volodimir Sagan. The students of all courses of specializations: «Actor’s art of dramatic theatre and cinema», and «Direction of variety art and mass holidays» take part at educational theatre activities. The theatre repertoire has the following performances: «Romance for two» (Van Zhen), «I have been waiting for so long» (V. Tokareva), «Kvilt» (S. Shuchenko), «Happiness» (L. Razumovska) and «The river on the asphalt» (D.Lipskerov), which show the problems of modern youth, who are looking for happiness and mutual love.

The students also have a chance to show the audience their own creative works such as: «Luckless» (the staging made by the student of actor’s specialization O. Plukha after the play of Karpenko-Kary, the course head is V. Sagan); the performance «Devils» after the play of U. Grushas «Love, jazz music and devil»; the play adapted for the stage «His majesty – Theatre», which shows the best samples of Ukrainian and Russian classical drama. Constant creative pursuit of students gives them a possibility to find modern emotional solution of classical character. Due to this theatre future actors’ and stage directors’ professional level is increasing constantly

Every spring «Revelation» presents their performances in Donetsk regional Ukrainian musical-drama theatre. In year 2008, the «Revelation» has brought grand prize of all Ukrainian festival of youth amateur theatres, called «South Masks».

International rate body-building trainer Gennady Volik is an initiator and instructor of this «fabric of a beautiful body modeling» since its’  foundation (1986). The club became the first one to train the world rate sportsmen and organized local and national championships. For 20 years of activity it has trained a lot of champions and prize winners, who rose the Luhansk’s athletic sports on a high level. In 2002 the club has got a new breath under the guidance of the institute and has being actively developing nowadays. Due to the existence of this club on the basis of the institute, and Gennady Volik’s work as a professor of physical training at social and humanities department, the students of LSICA have the possibility to improve their health, go in for sport and get the most complete ideas about athleticism.