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Bertolt Brecht asked whether there would be singing in the dark times. In the throes of war, the United Ukrainian Ballet Company defiantly insists there will be dancing, too. Far from the land they call home, young dancers take quiet comfort from art. For a while, their work feels like the old days, except there is a new troupe member: a soldier learning to dance with prosthetic legs.
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[DOK.fest '25] A documentary that reflects the war in Ukraine from an outside perspective, without too many incursions into the interior, instead showing the perspective of those in exile. Through the incorporation of a young soldier who has lost his legs into a Ukrainian ballet company, there are reflections on feelings of guilt and helplessness, but also on the need to establish another battlefront through artistic expression. The camera zooms in on the bodies and reflects the effort and sweat, avoiding the purely aesthetic representation of dance. And the story vindicates collective resistance through individual effort.