Dash Arts presents a new programme of Dash Cafés: an artistic exploration of the countries of the former Soviet Union with music, films, talks and discussions. Tonight Wednesday 6th March 2013 they screen an exclusive screening of the offbeat autobiographical documentary “How To Re-Establish a Vodka Empire” at Rich Mix in Shoreditch. The film charts the journey of film director Daniel Edelstyn as he tracks down his long lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and then attempts to relaunch his great grandfather’s once glorious vodka empire.
The evening also features live music from acclaimed Ukrainian songstress Iryna Muha, playing in dynamic trio The Kibbitz Ensemble. Kibbitz is a folk ensemble playing Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, French, and Bulgarian traditional melodies; firing Klezmer tunes and borderless Gypsy music. They will please your ears with old tunes that over the years have been passed from ear to ear, from accordion to clarinet, now rearranged through the filter of the Kibbitz members’ diverse cultures.
“A barnstorming tale of vodka and revolution” – BBC Radio
This event is FREE and no advance booking is required; but you need to send an email to corinne (@) dasharts.org.uk to be added in the guest list.
When? Wednesday 6th March 2013 | Rich Mix, London | 7.30pm | FREE
Where? Rich Mix (35 – 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
