Episode 9 | Celebrating a Love for Ukraine with Lana Nicole Niland - a podcast by Hannah Picklyk & Kaitlin Vitt

Lana Nicole Niland, a Canadian living in Ukraine and a former Virsky dancer, is a business owner, choreographer, magazine editor, and a whole lot of other things. Her love for Ukrainian dance shaped her life in ways she couldn’t ever imagine. Prepare to be inspired to nurture and follow your dreams!

What Else You’ll Hear

- How she went from dancing in Saskatoon to dancing in Kyiv

- The difference between folk dance in Ukraine and Canada

- What inspired Lana to launch her business Postmark Ukraine

Resources

- Postmark Ukraine website, Instagram, and Facebook

- What’s On Kyiv website, Instagram, and Facebook

- Rodovid Academy of Ukrainian Dance website, Instagram, and Facebook

- Virsky Ensemble

- Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble

Music

- A big thanks to Joryj Kłoc for letting us use “Poltavśkyj Sotnyk” as Vsi’s theme song

Prefer the written word? Check out our blog post version of this episode at vsi-ukr.com/blog/lananicoleniland.

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