The creative path of Vasyl Vasylko

Chernivtsi Television. The June 4, 2003 issue of the program “Oath to Melpomene” is dedicated to the work of the outstanding figure of theatrical culture, director Vasyl Vasylko.

On the video: a memorial plaque in honor of Vasyl Vasylko; a conversation about the life and creative path of Vasyl Vasylko; photos from the stage of the Chernivtsi Olga Kobylyanska Musical and Drama Theater; fragments of films, memories of Vasyl Vasylko.

Guests of the program: Honored Artist of Ukraine Omelyan Savka; theater critic, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Tadei Sulyatitsky; choreographer Dariy Lastivka.

Host — Vasyl Selezinka.

Reference: Vasyl Vasylko (Milyaev) — Ukrainian director, actor and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1944). He was one of the founders of the State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of the Ukrainian SSR in Kyiv (1924) and actively worked in the theater, in particular in Les Kurbas's "Berezil". Vasylko performed in numerous roles, in particular in "Haydamaky" and "Ivan Gus", and also headed the Traveling Theater "Kamenyary" in 1922–1923. His work significantly influenced the development of Ukrainian theater art.