Sandy Storytelling

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Wonderful. This is a brilliant piece of storytelling by Kseniya Simonova for the television show “Ukrain’s Got Talent.” When I started writing this post I knew very little about it, but as I’m trying to be a bit more investigative with my posts, I learned a few things. The breakdown of what’s happening in the story can be found here along with some of her other videos.

Simply stated, it’s a story about WWII from the perspective of a woman from Eastern Russia, and the toll it takes on her and her family. While I am still and will always be a huge fan of silly cartoons, this video sure does accentuate the spellbinding affect art can have on an audience. I know a lot of people cry during Bambi or Beauty and the Beast but this is different. You’ll notice a lot of the audience members getting pretty emotional during the presentation. At the above mentioned site it explains that nearly every member of the audience lost someone close to them during the German invasion.

A very heartfelt and stunning work. I hope I can find out more about the process she went through to learn it. And a big congratulations to Ms. Simonova for actually winning the entire contest.