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 "It was 5am," says Veronika Rakitina, "and I woke up to the sound of a bomb. I looked at the news and the first thing I saw was a burning church next to my parents' house in Kharkiv." The Ukrainian dancer is remembering the morning …