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Performers from the Lviv Drama Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, May 27, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times.

Yaroslav Kaynar instructs students at his wife Krystyna Shyshkarova’s dance school, Totem Dance School, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 4, 2022. Shyshkarova is developing a system that she calls "tactical choreography," which combines modern dance techniques and tactical training. Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times.

Viktor Ruban, a dance artist, scholar and activist, third from left, rehearses with other dancers for Lviv Drama Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, May 27, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times.

Participants leaving Soma, an independent space for movement exploration led by Olha Marusyn, in Lviv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. Emile Ducke/The New York Times.

Krystyna Shyshkarova at her dance school, Totem Dance School, which also stores military uniforms and equipment in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 4, 2022. Shyshkarova is developing a system that she calls "tactical choreography," which combines modern dance techniques and tactical training. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times.

A participant at Soma, an independent space for movement exploration led by Olha Marusyn, in Lviv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. 7Emile Ducke/The New York Time.

A group of displaced children at Soma, an independent space for movement exploration led by Olha Marusyn, in Lviv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. Emile Ducke/The New York Times.

Participants at Soma, an independent space for movement exploration led by Olha Marusyn, in Lviv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. The country’s experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times.

Krystyna Shyshkarova, who has a dance school in Kyiv in Ukraine, Aug. 4, 2022. Shyshkarova is developing a system that she calls "tactical choreography," which combines modern dance techniques and tactical training. Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times.