Kansas City hosts benefit for Grand Kyiv Ballets rebuilding efforts [Video]

STUDENTS WAS GETTING ALL THE GEAR ON AND QUICKLY. A HISTORIC BALLET IS COMING TO THE FOLLY THEATER THIS SUNDAY. THE GRAND KYIV BALLET WILL PERFORM THE NUTCRACKER, HOPING THESE PERFORMANCES CAN HELP REBUILD THEIR BALLET STUDIO DESTROYED IN THE WAR. KMBC NINE TERISA WHITE HAS THE STORY OF RESILIENCE RIGHT NOW. INTERNATIONAL BALLERINAS BRING THEIR TOUR TO KANSAS CITY. THE BATTLES THEY FACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THE NUTCRACKER, A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC TAKES STAGED THIS SUNDAY AT THE FOLLY THEATER, PRESENTED BY THE GRAND KYIV BALLET, A UKRAINIAN BALLET GROUP THAT FACED IMMEASURABLE LOSS. THEIR SCHOOL WAS BOMBED IN 2022 WHEN THE WAR BROKE OUT. THE GROUP WAS ON TOUR AT THE TIME AND LEARNED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION ABROAD. SOME OF THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL WERE KILLED AND OTHERS HAVEN’T BEEN BACK HOME SINCE 2022, BUT NOW THE GROUP IS REBUILDING AND TOURING AROUND AMERICA TO RAISE FUNDS FOR …