The Forest Song is a pearl of Ukrainian ballet, which was created based on Lesya Ukrainka’s drama extravaganza of the same name with music by Mykhailo Skorulskyi. The story of two lovers, Mavka and Lukash, and about their love, which develops relative to the season and reveals their path to losing each other.
It is a magical love story full of mystery. The ballet contains many mythological images from Ukrainian fairy tales, which the folk imagination settled in the ancient Volyn forests and its endless fields.
Music by: Mykhailo Skorulsky
Libretto: Natalia Skorulska