Fund-raiser scheduled at UNA headquarters to support Pryma-Bohachevsky jubilee program (05/09/04)

Fund-raiser scheduled at UNA headquarters to support Pryma-Bohachevsky jubilee program

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Ukrainian National Association and the parents of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky's Ukrainian folk dance studio in Whippany, N.J., are hosting a special fund-raising event to support the 40th Anniversary Jubilee Concert of the Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky School of Ukrainian Dance.

The event, a wine and cheese reception, will take place on Sunday, May 23, at the Ukrainian National Association Corporate Headquarters, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, N.J., at 2-5 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

All proceeds are earmarked to help sponsor the 40th Anniversary Jubilee Concert slated to be held at New York's Lincoln Center on November 13.

Donations are also being accepted. Checks made payable to UCDA-Inc. 40th Anniversary Ukrainian Dancers may be sent to UCDA, c/o Emilia Liteplo, 941 57th St., Brooklyn, NY 11219. For more information, readers may call Ksenia Rakowsky, (973) 762-7348.

Ms. Pryma-Bohachevsky is an internationally recognized prima ballerina and choreographer who has dedicated her life to the promotion of Ukrainian dance. Thousands of Ukrainian children have benefited from her expertise at her dance schools, dance workshops and summer dance camps.

"Pani Roma," as she is called by her students and their parents, as well as her legions of fans, began her career in Ukraine. She received a diploma from the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts and continued her studies in the United States.

Her performance career includes solo performances and concert tours in Europe, the United States and Canada and Central America. Her choreographic credits include her ballet creations "Peer Gynt," "Kvit Paporoti" (Blossoming Fern) and "Cinderella," which were performed by her students to great audience acclaim.

Ms. Pryma-Bohachevsky is perhaps best know for her choreography of Ukrainian folk dances and stylized ballet pieces for the Syzokryli ensemble, which comprises her most talented students from her various studios. In addition, she has created stylized ballet pieces, such as a recollection of Ukraine's heroic battle for freedom, a commemoration of the tragedy of the Chornobyl nuclear accident and a celebration of the historic Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Ms. Pryma-Bohachevsky's creative work. The anniversary will be celebrated in the fall in New York City with a banquet in her honor as well as a performance at Lincoln Center spotlighting the fruits of her labor - her many dance students who are members of various ensembles in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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