{"id":45133,"date":"2022-08-30T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=45133"},"modified":"2022-09-07T07:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:38:49","slug":"pride-purpose-and-performance-drive-kyiv-city-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/pride-purpose-and-performance-drive-kyiv-city-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride, purpose and performance drive Kyiv City Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Swan Lake preview Kyiv City Ballet\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hTlVpXiXMPg?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45139\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"504\" data-attachment-id=\"45139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/pride-purpose-and-performance-drive-kyiv-city-ballet\/kyiv3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/08\/kyiv3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"404,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kyiv3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/08\/kyiv3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-45139 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/08\/kyiv3.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vladyslav Dobshynskyi. Photo courtesy of the Kyiv City Ballet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Feb. 23, 2022, members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcbtheater.com\/\"><strong>Kyiv City Ballet<\/strong><\/a> left their home in Ukraine, heading for Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, they were confronted with devastating news. Russia had invaded their country. Since that moment six months ago, none of the ballet troupe has been back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beginning of the war was totally unexpected for all of us,\u201d said Ivan Kozlov, the Kyiv City Ballet\u2019s artistic director.<\/p>\n<p>Although most of the 38-member troupe\u2014the majority of dancers are between 18 and 22 years old\u2014are in contact with family in Ukraine, the intensity of emotions such as fear, anger and helplessness has not abated, he said, but they have been softened by worldwide support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur feelings have not lessened, but the support from our audiences and theaters around the world, in France and the United States helps us so much,\u201d Kozlov said.<\/p>\n<p>The support will continue when the ballet company comes to America for its first U.S. tour. From Sept. 16 until Oct. 25, the troupe will perform in 15 cities, including three performances at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>The performances will take place Oct. 5-7 in the newly renovated Roland Hayes Concert Hall in the UTC Fine Arts Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/ev11.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=UTCP&amp;linkID=utcfa&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\"><strong>Tickets are on sale<\/strong><\/a> through the center\u2019s box office.<\/p>\n<p>The performances will include a full-length performance of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cSwan Lake\u201d on Oct. 5 (choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov and Ivan Kozlov) and mixed repertory programs with Chattanooga Ballet on Oct. 6-7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing the Kyiv City Ballet to UTC is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,\u201d said Robert Boyer, director of the UTC Performance Series and the Fine Arts Center box office supervisor. \u201cThis is an opportunity for Chattanooga to see some of the most disciplined dancers they will ever see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a humanitarian standpoint, we could not just stand by and do nothing when we heard that this tour was shaping up and it was a way to provide support for 40-plus people who are, in effect, refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other cities on the tour include New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Montgomery and Opelika in Alabama, Oklahoma City and Wilmington, North Carolina. All ticket sales revenue from the U.S. tour goes directly to the Kyiv City Ballet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is excited to travel to the United States and share our art with audiences,\u201d Kozlov said. \u201cWe have been so lucky to receive warm welcomes and wonderful reactions from audiences all over the world. I am sure that the audiences in the United States will be incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the Kyiv City Ballet\u2019s stay in Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Ballet\u2014one of the sponsors who helped bring the Ukrainian company to the city\u2014will have its own performances in the Hayes Concert Hall on Oct. 6-7.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 7, it will share the stage with the Kyiv company. As the first part of the program, the Chattanooga Ballet will debut two new works, \u201cSome Day, Some Time\u201d with choreography by Chattanooga Ballet Artistic Director Brian McSween, and \u201c\u00c9l\u00e9giaque\u201d with choreography by Nashville Artistic Director Mollie Sansone.<\/p>\n<p>Being part of the performance schedule with the Kyiv City Ballet is a positive on two levels for the Chattanooga Ballet, McSween said.<\/p>\n<p>One focuses on the Kyiv dancers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that ballet careers are limited. They\u2019re not too far removed from professional athletic careers in that they have a limited shelf life,\u201d he said. \u201cSo any time when you are not dancing or any time when you are not using your art form, for a dancer that provides a lot of pressure because you don\u2019t have an endless amount of opportunities to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tour like this allows them to continue to flex their artistic muscles. It allows them to continue to do what they\u2019ve been training to do and not feel like that is another thing being sacrificed along with everything else they\u2019ve lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/chattballet.org\/the-company\/\"><strong>Chattanooga Ballet,<\/strong><\/a> it\u2019s a chance to perform in front of an audience of people who may never have seen the city\u2019s ballet company perform, McSween said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may not realize that Chattanooga has a very good, professional ballet company,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not students; it\u2019s not a group of dancers that just meet occasionally. They make Chattanooga their home. They are employed full-time by us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives our community the chance to see us, to be proud, to say, \u2018Hey, Chattanooga is producing at a high artistic level in the field of dance through the Chattanooga Ballet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Paris, Mayor Anne Hidalgo helped find a hotel for the Kyiv City Ballet members, and they\u2019ve been given Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet as a rehearsal space. Ironically, it\u2019s the first time the company, founded in 2012, has had a home theater in which to practice. Touring has always been the Kyiv City Ballet\u2019s lifeblood.<\/p>\n<p>While in Paris, they\u2019ve taken classes at the famed Paris Opera during the day, then watched performances of its ballet company at night. Tights and leotards have been donated to the Ukrainian dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond showing American audiences the skills and professionalism of the ballet company, the tour has an extra level of meaning for the Kyiv City Ballet company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stay here because we can dance. We can represent our country,\u201d Kyiv City Ballet dancer Elizaveta Nadenenko, 18, told Harper\u2019s Bazaar magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Kozlov echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel that our tour makes a statement showing the invincibility of the Ukrainian people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv City Ballet performs at UTC on Oct. 5-7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/pride-purpose-and-performance-drive-kyiv-city-ballet\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":45138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12659,122313,64],"tags":[122065,122064,122067,119590,122066],"class_list":{"0":"post-45133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-events-entertainment","9":"category-experiential-learning","10":"category-news","11":"tag-bob-boyer","12":"tag-brian-mcsween","13":"tag-ivan-kozlov","14":"tag-kyiv-city-ballet","15":"tag-roland-hayes-concert-hall","16":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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