Listening To: Brother - Thundamentals Cover
My Mood:
I have been meaning to share this video with you
for while now, I have just been so caught up in, errrrrr, study. Yes, I have
just been so busy studying.
Anyway, we watched this video at our Young People
Without Boarders Alumni Celebration. The video features Kseniya Simonova who
won Ukraine’s Got Talent in 2009 for
her sand art. In this video she tells the story of a young couple who were separated
by World War II.
Following the global financial crisis, Kseniya and
her family fell into financial troubles. Sand performance was initially
suggested by her husband, in hope it may improve their financial situation
somehow. He even sold his printing equipment in order to buy volcanic sand, as
beach and river sands both proved unusable. She began practicing at night, as
her responsibilities as a mother tool up her days, with the art involving her
to stand up for long periods of time; it was physically gruelling.
Her husband then encouraged her to enter Ukraine’s Got Talent, where the prize
was roughly US$100, 000. In her semi-finalist performance she chose to perform
a sand story about World War II, but the producers advised her otherwise.
Nevertheless, she stuck with the story. By the end of the performance, the
audience was moved to tears and she received a standing ovation.
Kseniya went on to win the competition and now
performs all over the globe.
Em
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