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Daniel Boffey in Kyiv

‘It will lift the spirits’: Kyiv to stage ‘most English of ballets’ after Russian repertoire boycott

A female ballet dancer is lifted by a male performer during a rehearsal of a ballet.
Dancers rehearse ahead of the performance this week. Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/The Guardian

One of the “most English of ballets” will be performed for the first time at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv after a boycott of the classic Russian repertoire, including Swan Lake and the Nutcracker.

Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, a celebrated romantic comedy, will be performed to a sell-out audience on Thursday after Ukraine turned away from the works of Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Prokofiev.

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