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Rebirth by London City Ballet: 'Revived company creates smart new identity'

4/5 London City Ballet are fully flourishing with their second programme since relaunching last year

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025

At NY’s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as close as a few blocks

Fall for Dance, the eclectic annual festival in New York, is a beloved tradition for fans, not least for its $30 tickets

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024

Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky: ‘I don’t want my ballet to be staged in Russia ever again’

When the Ukrainian invasion began, the ballet great left a show at the Bolshoi in protest. Here he reconsiders his past ties with Russia and the silence of the cultural elite in the country of his birth

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

United Ukrainian Ballet: Giselle review – a moving act of defiance

In borrowed costumes, this company exiled by war inhabit Alexei Ratmansky’s take on the 19th-century classic

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

From bombs to ballet: Ukraine dancers perform 'Giselle' in London

At the London Coliseum theatre, a cast of Ukrainian dancers rehearse a new production of "Giselle", as Russian-born choreographer and former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Ratmansky watches from the sidelines.

Reuters · Sep 14, 2022

United Ukrainian Ballet: Giselle review – a classic revitalised

Kyiv-raised choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and a company featuring exiled dancers deliver a moving production with an urgent tone

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Behind the scenes as the United Ukrainian Ballet performs Giselle: ‘This is the beginning of a renaissance’

These refugee ballet dancers have a mission, and they’re shouting about it from the rooftops

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2022

Ballet and bombs: how Ukraine’s dance stars are defying Putin from the Hague

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

Alexei Ratmansky: Russian cultural figures must oppose war in Ukraine

Distinguished ballet choreographer takes issue with views of his friend, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022