Ukrainian ballet company uses the stage as a refuge from the horrors of war
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The men and women of the United Ukrainian Ballet company will make their U.S. debut Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The company of 60 relative strangers formed with the help of professional dancers who found housing and rehearsal space in The Hague.
Last February, Oleksii Knyazkov was about to star in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Kharkiv National Opera House. Instead, he found himself at the center of a different tragedy when Russia invaded Ukraine.
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