Oksana Shevchenko

She has plenty to say. Listen to her bow

Oksana is seventeen, a refugee from Odessa, and a violinist with fierce pride. She wants to be heard without being pitied. In the Sharpies, her playing finds new partners in Tyron’s rhythm and Hadley O'Hara’s cello. In the first draft of the proposed short, The Long Walk for a Slice, Oksana takes Tumbalalaika from Aviva. Her long, slow violin waltz holds Times Square still until two couples begin to dance. When the ensemble shifts the rhythm, she leans into it.