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Petro Neborskij was born and orphaned in Belarus during the Soviet Union. After being forced into dance during high school, he found a deep passion for the art form. Most of Petro's adult life was lived in Ukraine, where he became a professional dancer, a dance teacher, and a choreographer. Through all of his accomplishments, the "Honoured Artist of Ukraine" was still missing something - artistic freedom. In 1991, Petro immigrated to Canada and became the Founding Artistic Director of The Svitanok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble.

Through interviews and footage from the studio, this film walks us through the broader themes of struggles undergone by artists in Ukraine during the Soviet Union, and of immigration as a means to escape these struggles and gain freedom.

This film predominantly takes place at an Ottawa dance school, where Petro has and is currently living out his lifelong dream of having artistic freedom.

The ending involves an emotional interaction between memories of restriction and newfound expression and freedom - between old life and new life - in an independent Ukraine.

By: Anhelina Ostapyk