Grand Kyiv Ballet brings Ukrainian culture, resilience to NYC stages

At 5 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2022, Kateryna Kukhar and Oleksandr Stoianov’s nanny called, crying. Russia had invaded Ukraine, she told the terrified parents of two.

The Grand Kyiv Ballet husband-and-wife principal dancers were touring in France when they learned their young children were under siege 1,500 miles away. The couple were about to fly back home and instead found themselves embroiled in a franti…

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