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Ballet dancers from Kyiv National Opera join military to fight for Ukraine
Hat tip, NBC Nighly News for March 9, 2022, with Lester Holt
Ballet dancers from Kyiv National Opera join military to fight for Ukraine
4 March 2022, 13:46 | Updated: 4 March 2022, 14:14
By Maddy Shaw Roberts
As Russia continues to invade Ukraine, ballet dancers are among the Ukrainian artists and musicians taking up arms.
Two dancers from Ukraine’s leading opera company have hung up their ballet shoes to join the armed forces after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine last week.
Images have circulated online of a principal dancer and ballerina at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, in camouflage holding weapons.
Principal dancer Oleksii Potiomkin, who has been telling his story on Instagram, is currently fighting in Kyiv. His story went viral after Ukrainian American writer Natalia Antonova, who has written for The Guardian, posted about the dancer on Twitter.
Read more: 24-year-old Ukrainian leads Met Opera in moving national anthem
“The dude on the left is Oleksiy Potyomkin. The dude on the right is also Oleksiy Potyomkin,” her post read.
“The ballet dancer has joined up, like many people from all walks of life in Ukraine.”
Potiomkin has danced the prince role in the Kyiv Opera company’s Nutcracker at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, and has been first soloist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada and the Ochi International Ballet in Nagoya, Japan.
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4 March 2022, 13:46 | Updated: 4 March 2022, 14:14
Ukrainian National Anthem
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Metropolitan Opera
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Before the opening night performance of Verdi's Don Carlos, the audience observed a moment of silence, followed by the Ukrainian national anthem, performed by the Met Orchestra and Chorus and conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Videography by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera
445,512 views Feb 28, 2022
Metropolitan Opera
214K subscribers
Before the opening night performance of Verdi's Don Carlos, the audience observed a moment of silence, followed by the Ukrainian national anthem, performed by the Met Orchestra and Chorus and conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Videography by Pete Scalzitti / Met Opera
By Maddy Shaw Roberts
As Russia continues to invade Ukraine, ballet dancers are among the Ukrainian artists and musicians taking up arms.
Two dancers from Ukraine’s leading opera company have hung up their ballet shoes to join the armed forces after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine last week.
Images have circulated online of a principal dancer and ballerina at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, in camouflage holding weapons.
Principal dancer Oleksii Potiomkin, who has been telling his story on Instagram, is currently fighting in Kyiv. His story went viral after Ukrainian American writer Natalia Antonova, who has written for The Guardian, posted about the dancer on Twitter.
Read more: 24-year-old Ukrainian leads Met Opera in moving national anthem
Link to tweet
“The dude on the left is Oleksiy Potyomkin. The dude on the right is also Oleksiy Potyomkin,” her post read.
“The ballet dancer has joined up, like many people from all walks of life in Ukraine.”
Potiomkin has danced the prince role in the Kyiv Opera company’s Nutcracker at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France, and has been first soloist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada and the Ochi International Ballet in Nagoya, Japan.
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