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we dance in spite of russia. >> reporter: when vladimir putin launched his invasion one year ago, the curtain went down on stages across the country, leaving some ukrainian performers to pick up arms and join the fight, including this principle dancer at the ukraine national ballet, a once in a generation talent, who over the course of 28 seasons performed in 30 different roles. but he will never dance again. in september, the 48-year-old father of two was killed in a russian mortar attack. he was a mentor and friend. he's now taken over his role as the company's principal dancer. >> how did you feel when you learned oleksandr died? >> it was very difficult i think for all. it was really difficult. >> it really brought the war