Choreographer Alena Shoptenko returned to Kyiv a week ago from Vienna, where she has lived since the beginning of a full-scale war. The return of the dancer just coincided with the constant Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, so at first Alena felt quite stressful. Moreover, in the first days in Ukraine, right in front of her eyes, a drone was shot down in the center of Kyiv.. " Maybe that's why, having arrived in Ukraine for the first few days, I was in mute shock and could not communicate with anyone. I just walked the streets of Kyiv a lot and breathed in my native air. Immediately after my arrival, rocket strikes began, which had not been before for a long time, and which are still ongoing.. This caused anxiety, but did not surprise me with fear and panic..

Like the drone that was shot down in the center before my eyes,"

According to Shoptenko, Ukrainians gave her a new breath of air and inspiration.. Looking at how they cope with troubles, the dancer herself felt inner strength. " This minted steel rod, in everyone I met, instilled in me a sense of peace and security, in a country in which it is still dangerous. That's how interesting," Recall that on the Day of Kyiv Alena Shoptenko dedicated an emotional dance to her native city.