while in the custody of the morality police had saddened everyone and was being investigated with transparency. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. a few days ago, oleksandr shapoval, one of ukraine s leading ballet dancers, was killed while serving with the ukrainian army, fighting the russian invasion. art and culture are not immune from the impact of war. my guest today knows that well. alexei ratmansky is a world renowned choreographer, with roots in both russia and ukraine. once director of the bolshoi ballet in moscow, he is now putting on a special production of giselle with the united ukrainian ballet to show the world ukrainian culture lives on. has ballet become a battleground? thank you very much. it s an honour to be here. we re delighted to have you here. you are here in london because you are mounting this extraordinary set of performances of giselle, performed by ukrainian dancers. how can you go about putting on a performance wi
is more clear. we discussed oleksandr shapovalov and his life and death and. the existence of the whole nation is in danger. theatres, libraries, schools, colleges, universities, cultural sites of historical significance, are destroyed. i talked about the years you ve spent in russia, the network you ve built up inside the artistic community. have you, because of your stand and your expectations of others. have you lost relationships, lost friendships because of this? yeah, i lost a lot of friendships. and that s very hard, it s very painful. but on the other hand. can you tell me about some of the conversations you ve had with people that you used to regard as friends?
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