Charity ballet event held to aid Ukraine's national dance troupe

Japanese and Ukraine ballet dancers performed in a charity event to raise funds for Ukraine's national dance troupe amid Russia's invasion of the Eastern European country."Ballet Gala in Tokyo" charity, held Tuesday and produced by Japanese actress and former prima ballerina Tamiyo Kusakari, can be seen online until Monday night as a ticketed event.Nineteen Japanese men and women from Japanese and overseas troupes took the stage to dance to "Le Corsaire" and "Notre Dame de Paris," among other ballet excerpts.As the finale, "The Forest Song," a Ukrainian ballet classic, was staged, and the p…READ FULL ARTICLE