Young Ukrainian Dancers, Trapped Abroad, Get Paris Residency

Ukrainian dancers of the Kyiv City Ballet company acknowledge applause in front of Ukrainian flag projected onto a screen at the end of a performance, at the Theatre de Chatelet, in Paris, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The dancers are torn between body and mind — physically on stage in Paris but in spirit back home in Kyiv.

In other circumstances, the Kyiv City Ballet's residency at the Théâtre du Chatelet would be a dream come true, but the stranded company of young dancers feels little but heartbreak.