The Australian circus community is rallying to keep Ukrainian culture alive by bringing performing arts students down under to study.
On a cold winter's day, three Ukrainian performers rush down to Sydney's Dee Why beach to take selfies, darting from the waves crashing on the shoreline.Maria, Liza and Vlada had never been to Australia before Russia invaded Ukraine."I wake up in Australia with the ocean," Liza says, "It's the best gift.
Vlada and Maria relish their safety and freedom in Australia – but they worry about their families in Ukraine. "This war shows that those people who we thought would be our friends do horrible things to us, and people who we never saw before personally, we never met, offer so much help." Vlada's arrival in Australia was bittersweet because she had to leave her family behind in war-torn Ukraine.
Her father has a heart condition and is unable to fight, but according to law he cannot leave the country — and he wouldn't anyway.The students are safe — but need support
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