PARIS --
The dancers are torn between physique and thoughts -- bodily on stage in Paris however in spirit again residence in Kyiv.
In different circumstances, the Kyiv Metropolis Ballet's residency on the Theatre du Chatelet can be a dream come true, however the stranded firm of younger dancers feels little however heartbreak.
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"We're each bodily and emotionally exhausted," Ekaterina Kozlova, the corporate's deputy director, instructed The Related Press. "Everybody within the ballet is frightened about their households, family members, mates, colleagues at residence. It has been very tough."
The Theatre du Chatelet, within the coronary heart of the French capital, provided them the stage on Tuesday for the final present of a French tour that has left the corporate stranded after the battle broke out in Ukraine.
The dance director of the Paris Opera together with a few of her firm's finest joined them for an open class earlier than performing collectively a medley of ballet classics, with excerpts from Russian composer Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
Being given the chance to coach and dance was for a lot of an opportunity to give attention to "one thing apart from the battle in Ukraine," Kozlova stated.
One of many dancers might be headed to the Ukrainian border within the coming days to choose up her younger daughter who was accompanied in a foreign country.
Solely part of the corporate was travelling round France performing a shortened model of The Nutcracker for younger audiences -- many of the dancers in Paris are of their early 20s. Most of the ballet's star dancers stayed behind, ready to affix their mates after they reached Paris.
"Most of our artists are caught in Ukraine," Director Ivan Kozlov instructed the group.
Town of Paris and the ballet group have helped discover non permanent lodging for the Ukrainian dancers who say they want to proceed dancing in France and elsewhere. The Chatelet theatre provided the complete group a residency, though Tuesday's last-minute efficiency is their final for now.
All proceedings from their performances will go to nongovernmental organizations accumulating and transport humanitarian support to Ukraine and neighbouring nations.
Ukrainian dancers have additionally sought refuge elsewhere. The Romanian Nationwide Opera provided six ballet dancers fleeing from the battle in Ukraine an opportunity to work with their ballet corps, and a few of them may very well be performing in a month.
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