Culture “At home, our theatre doubles as our bomb shelter”: A National Ballet of Ukraine dancer on touring across Canada Award-winning dancer Nikita Sukhorukov talks about performing in wartime, representing Ukraine abroad and raising money for refugees
City The naked ambition of National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain Beneath her poised veneer is an exacting perfectionist, a tenacious fundraiser and a total control freak. Which explains how she turned the floundering National Ballet of Canada into one of the world’s premiere arts organizations
City Current Obsession: Desmond Heeley spins dollar store dross into gold with his National Ballet costumes
Food & Drink The Pick: the Bolshoi’s Swan Lake, a breathtaking production of the quintessential classical ballet