Using borrowed sets and costumes, the United Ukrainian Ballet – led by ex-Bolshoi director Alexei Ratmansky – are rehearsing a Giselle they hope will do more than just thrill UK audiences
‘Quiet fury’ … Alexei Ratmansky, in blue, leading rehearsals.“I
Rakitina’s husband, fellow dancer Vladyslav Detiuchenko, travelled from Kyiv to his parents in Kremenchuk, where the Russians bombed a shopping mall 200 metres from their home. “In the house now there are no windows,” he says. “Me and my brother saw the rocket. We heard the explosion and got down on the floor – then we just started running.”Everyone here has a story like this, but it feels as if they’re describing a movie plot because the surroundings couldn’t be calmer.
to create a haven for dancers and produce a new version of the ballet Giselle for a week-long run at London’s Coliseum next month.Born in St Petersburg, Ratmansky spent his childhood in Kyiv, trained in Moscow, danced with the Ukrainian National Ballet as well as in Canada and Denmark, and later became artistic director at Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet. He was choreographing at the Bolshoi when war broke out, but left immediately and has beenever since.
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