Since the war began in Ukraine a new heroic figure has emerged: the woman with a gun. One of them is Olesia Vorotnyk
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskNow 30, Ms Vorotnyk has been dancing professionally since 2009. She was a child gymnast before starting ballet lessons at ten. She studied at the Kyiv Choreographic College and then joined the dance troupe of the National Opera. “A career that’s tough on the feet,” she says simply.
Soon she resolved to join the Territorial Defence Forces, the country’s military reserve. It wasn’t easy to get in. Everyone wanted to sign up—and the preference was for men with military experience: “As a female ballerina I wasn’t top of the list.” Yet there are, she thinks, some useful similarities between ballet and military service.
So she waited in the queue at her local recruitment office and was eventually accepted. Thus began a life of guarding her neighbourhood in Kyiv, gun slung over her shoulder, and working the checkpoints. “It was a nightmare,” she remembers. “Fear of saboteurs was everywhere.” She helped evacuate more people, once spending 19 hours driving some to safety in western Ukraine.
In the West, arguments continue over boycotting Russian culture—how to balance outrage with engagement, whether to distinguish between classical and current artists, or between those who now support the Kremlin and those who repudiate it. For Ms Vorotnyk and others in Ukraine, the situation is straightforward. “Foreigners don’t fully understand our position because ballet is always associated with Russia,” she says.
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