Dancers with the National Ballet of Ukraine are coming to B.C. to entertain and also raise funds for people who live in the war-torn country.
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Tour details were announced Tuesday (Sept. 26), when ticket sales launched on starting at $82.90 a seat.
Just announced: The National Ballet of Ukraine will tour Canada, Feb. 5-7 dates at Vancouver's Centre for Performing Arts. Tour is "a major fundraising campaign for the war effort" in for Olena Zelenska Foundation (First Lady's charity).
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The acclaimed ballet company features 150 dancers who now perform when they can at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera House in Kyiv, depending on the circumstances of war with Russia.
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The winter tour starts in Quebec City on Jan. 15 and ends in Calgary nearly a month later.
Premier soloist Mykyta Sukhorukov said the ballet company is grateful to Canadians who support Ukraine sa国际传媒渁s we fight for the free world and our own sovereignty,sa国际传媒� he stated in a news release.
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