YOU CAN’T KILL THE DANCE
THE UNITED UKRAINIAN BALLET
We are the United Ukrainian Ballet. Coming from different ballet and dance institutions all over Ukraine, we are united by the tragedy of war in the city of peace. We found refugee in the Royal Conservatory, we moved to a new location in Kijkduin in the former HCO
(Haags Centrum voor Onderwijs) . And this is where we keep dancing. From here we travel the world to perform and tell our story. Through everything – the fear, the tragedy, the dislocation – we have found joy, embraced life and kept the dance, and the cultural soul of our nation, alive.
We fight gravity.
We fight rigidity.
We fight our own limits.
We fight the ugly.
The evil, the deadly, the inhumane.
We fight with beauty.
Discipline. Love. Music. And muscle.
United we dance against war –
Our art stronger than artillery,
Our souls immune to soulless violence.
You can’t kill the dance.
You can join it –
and stand for the best
of being human.
PARTNERS
We couldn’t do without the support of
And other Kickstart Cultuurfonds Participating financiers
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Igone de Jongh
Matthijs Bongertman
Rinus Sprong
Alexei Ratmansky
Jiří Kylián (Kylián Foundation)
Sol León
Paul Lightfoot
Carmen Thomas (Kylián Foundation)
Gertie van Meijel (City of The Hague)
Stefan Stolk
Taras Onishchenko
BOARD
Robert Serry (voorzitter)
Bart Meuter (penningmeester)
Jan Zoet (secretaris)
Lilian Gonçalves - Ho Kang You
Bessel Kok
Mayor Jan van Zanen (The Hague)
Arjen Kapteijns (Ministry of Social Affairs)
Ambassador Maksym Kononeko (Ukrainian Ambassy)
Yuliia Malynovska (Ukrainian Ambassy)
Henk van der Meulen (Royal Conservatoire The Hague)
Kiki Rosingh (Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds)
J.S.P. Hortulanus - de Mik (Hortulanus Holding)
Jan van Oosten (Salvation Army)
Martijn de Graaf (Salvation Army)
Marc Verberg (Salvation Army)
Wilco Wolven (Salvation Army)
Gaby Bosma (Salvation Army)
René Mendel (Interakt)
Eerde Hovinga (Blueyard)
Geert Boogaard (Blueyard)
Derk van der Kemp (Blueyard)
Annemieke van der Togt (Togtstrip)
Altin Kaftira
Johan Molenaar
Mark Engelen
Contact
For general questions please contact:
info@unitedukrainianballet.com
For press related questions please contact:
Patricia van Lieshout
patricia.vanlieshout@senf.nl
DONATIONS
The United Ukrainian Ballet Foundation is qualified as a Dutch ANBI and cultural ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling)
For donations please contact:
info@unitedukrainianballet.com