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 "It was 5am," says Veronika Rakitina, "and I woke up to the sound of a bomb. I looked at the news and the first thing I saw was a burning church next to my parents' house in Kharkiv." The Ukrainian dancer is remembering the morning …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PM on August 23, 2022