For the August issue of @harpersbazaarus I wrote a feature on the @kyivcityballet - a promising groups of young dancers who have been based in Paris since the war broke out in February. For the company director, Ivan Kozlov, ensuring the company can continue to dance is an act of resistance. “The stage is the place of war for us,” he said when we first met in late April. “With every successful performance and every happy audience, we show we are strong as a nation, that there is no way to beat us.” Thank you to @ivankozlov13, Ekaterina Kozlova, and the company for sharing your time and your stories, and to Stephen Mooallem, @leahchernikoff and @samiranasr and @theatrechatelet Photographer: @carlota_guerrero Sittings Editor: @karorose