Issue №14 Est. 1999 15 October – 15 November 2018 Head to Zaporizhia and be a Kozak for a day Halloween will have you howling this October Enjoy Kyiv with a few helpful hints about where to go and what to do Make a Pointe of Enjoying Autumn With US-based Complexions theatre and so much more… Contents | Issue 14 15 October – 15 November 2018 Issue №14 Est. 1999 15 October – 15 November 2018 Head to Zaporizhia and be a Kozak for a day Halloween will have you howling this October Enjoy Kyiv with a few helpful hints about where to go and what to do Make a Pointe of Enjoying Autumn With US-based Complexions theatre and so much more… On the Cover US-based Complexions comes to Kyiv Complexions’ Dwight Rhodan contemplates his choreography 4 WO Words from the Editor 22 What’s On Around Finding ones feet this season the Country II Kholodniy Yar is a spot in the 6 What’s New north-eastern Chyhyryn district Autocephaly still a buzz word, that deserves a day-trip two more candidates join the electoral race, more sanctions 24 What’s Important Lana’s pick this month please, and more… Sustainability takes top billing in many western countries, “It’s all good – pick it up and 8 What’s Abroad while Ukraine lags behind. A weekend trip to Iran is easier Not everyone is so complacent don’t put it down until you’ve and as pleasant as ever however gone through cover to cover!” 10 What’s On Around the 26 What’s Happening Jared’s pick this month Country Turn autumn blues into an Zaporizhia hosted the Sich event-filled season with our list “With a list of achievements back in the 16th and 17th of fabulous outdoor and indoor centuries and is just as Kozak- activities too many to mention in like as ever these pages, Bohdan 28 What’s All the Fuss 12 What’s Important A collection of bits and bobs for Hawrylyshyn’s legacy lives Bohdan Hawrylyshyn was those on the run a visionary in basic human on thanks in part to the values. His children now carry 32 What’s On the Menu foundation set up in his and the torch with the foundation Two great new restaurants – named after him and a gala Turkish Pasha and Italian Il his family’s name. As such, you can take part in Ricco will keep any appetite the Bohdan Hawrylyshyn sated, while a new coffeeshop 14 What’s On this Month and bakery make it easy to Family Foundation plans All you need to know, broken enjoy a break any morning! to celebrate not just the man down by category, about what you need to see and do in Kyiv 38 What’s in Focus but the mark he has made on for the next 30 days, including Photo coverage of events from Ukraine in November” the best events for Halloween! around Kyiv in the last month. Did we catch you? 20 What’s Ahead Complexions modern ballet theatre comes to Kyiv: we talk to Dwight Rhoden to find out more. Plus a few top events to put in your calendar The Team: Contact details: Registration information: © All materials published in What’s On Kyiv Originally founded in 1999, What’s On Kyiv business community, both expatriate and Lana Nicole Niland Tyoma Myronenko For general enquiries, submissions, What’s On Kyiv magazine is registered with are the unconditional intellectual property is an English language monthly magazine local, and provides brief news articles on Paul Niland Anna Romanchuk complaints, or comments write to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine as a print of Outpost Publishing and as such are with a goal to inform residents and visitors events of relevance to Kyiv and Ukraine and Jared Morgan Igor Hodokov [email protected] media magazine, License Number 22834 protected by Ukrainian and international to Kyiv of events in the entertainment and the wider region. Lee Reaney Andrew Burns To advertise in What’s On Kyiv, contact – 12734P dated 7 August 2107. This mag- copyright laws. No materials from this cultural life of the city. As well as providing Alina Smolina DoubleK LLC Team [email protected] azine is published by Outpost Publishing, a magazine, or the associated website, advice, guidance, and listings of live mu- Anna Azarova Lera Zdanovych company duly incorporated in Ukraine. may be reproduced without the express sic, theatre, nightlife, sporting events and Natalia Kurtyak permission of Outpost Publishing. more, What’s On also interacts with the Nina Bohush Serzh Velychanskyi Sam Kearley 3 From the Editor Editor-in-Chief Lana Nicole Niland I don’t get SAD (seasonal affective disorder – find ways to overcome it on pg 26 in this month’s issue, by the way) come the autumn months, but it’s only mid October and the season has already taken its toll. I am returning (again) to Kyiv after being away for weeks on end, hustling to ensure professional success in a variety of projects which require my feet on the ground. A phrase perhaps more ap- propriately used figuratively in my case. Before joining one of Kyiv’s longest-running English-language publications 10 years ago, my feet were previously found in a dance studio here in the Ukrainian capital, alongside some of the most talented dancers and musicians I have ever known. While my stage shoes have long since been put away, the experience, insight, and knowledge gleaned from that time is now being put to good use, working with groups of young Ukrainian dancers across Canada. Three and a half decades on in my dance career and it still fasci- nates me how much Ukraine and its culture have an effect outside its borders. Immigrants of four and five generations over in Aus- tralia, the UK, and across North America continue to share the love and affection found in the traditions of Ukraine, whether it be in the kitchen, in the fields, or indeed on the dancefloor. One great example of this is Lianna Makuch – a Ukrainian Canadian theatre writer/actor who has put pen to paper in her new play Blood of our Soil, the staged reading of which will take place this month (pg 28). “Three and a half decades As a hothouse for hosting small armies of international ensembles, US-based Complexions returns yet again (pg 21) before the close of on in my dance career the year. Dwight Rhoden, the group’s pioneering choreographer, says he thoroughly enjoys his time here, and while he doesn’t have and it still fascinates me a strict diet like his dancers do, he does have to be careful with the varenyky! how much Ukraine and Though I have only just touched back down in Kyiv following a taxing six weeks abroad, various outings to Zaporizhia (pg 10) or Kholodniy Yar (pg 22) perhaps are calling; and the direct flight to its culture have an effect Iran from the capital (pg 8) sounds like an incredible opportunity to unplug for a few days and find my footing once again. With outside its borders” so much on the go, however, none of the above are likely for me. But that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the landscapes, adven- ture, and opportunities easily accessible around, and outside of, this beautiful country. Perhaps I shall take my own advice and as the cover states – ‘make a pointe of enjoying autumn’. There is a beauty and authenticity found in this time of year well worthy of those feet of mine even just hitting the pavement of Kyiv. 4 What’s On Issue 14 15 October - 15 November 2018 What’s New The Presidential Field Widens In recent weeks, two more names have been added to the list of those vying for Ukraine’s top job. The number of can- didates stands now at 24, with a couple Sanctions, Yes Please more people still expected to put them- One of the best things to have happened, selves forward yet. The problem with for Ukraine, since Donald Trump be- such a large playing field is that votes are came President of the United States was New EBRD Strategy going to be very diluted. In Ukraine’s sys- the appointment of Ambassador Kurt tem, if no candidate gets more than 50% Volker as special envoy to this region with for Ukraine of the total vote in the first round, there’s The European Bank for Reconstruction the specific task of trying to bring peace a second round run-off between the two and Development has just revealed their to the Donbas. highest placed candidates from the first investment plans for Ukraine for the next Volker has been very active and taken vote, which means it can be a bit of a five years. The bank is already the larg- a principled approach to his job and… crap shoot. est financial investor in the country, with he knows his stuff. In a recent interview The two latest candidates are interest- some 14 billion USD at work across as with Germany’s DW channel, he said of ing. One nationally known name is An- many as 400 projects. Over the next five developments on his watch, “we’ve been driy Sadovy, the current Mayor of Lviv years, the bank has pledged to invest in much more clear in assigning Russia’s re- and leader of the Samopomich (Self promoting privatisation and commercial- sponsibility for this conflict, the way it ac- Reliance) party. People who are famil- isation in the public sector, promoting the tually is”, leaving the door open for more iar with his work in Lviv speak highly rule of law and fair competition in the sanctions to be imposed against Russia for of him, but questions still surround his private sector, strengthening energy se- their actions in and against Ukraine.