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CHICAGO - The Kyiv City Ballet of Ukraine will make its first-ever Chicago appearance Saturday night to launch the Auditorium Theatre's fall season.
The performances begin at 7:30 p.m. The evening's show will feature two performances by the Chicago Cossacks Ukrainian music and dance ensemble.
On the main stage, Kyiv City Ballet will perform a trio of works: Thoughts, a contemporary work examining the meaning of human thought; Tribute to Peace, created especially for the U.S. 2022 tour to a score by Edward Elgar; and Classical Suite, showcasing the wedding pas de deux from three classical ballets, all set to scores by Ludwig Minkus.
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The day before Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February, the Kyiv City Ballet unknowingly took one of the last flights out of Kyiv.
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The company flew to Paris to begin a long-planned tour and have not returned home.
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The country of France sheltered them, and the company performed throughout Europe before launching its current limited United States tour.