“Before, when I was taking photographs in Ukraine, most people—even my friends—assumed that I was some kind of spy," says Crofts. "It was a legacy from Soviet days. People are much more open now and seem to have lost that traditional paranoia towards foreigners.”
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“Swan Lake” is the backbone of any ballet repertory, but there is even more of an obligation in Lviv to stage traditional fare. This is a Hapsburg jewel of a city with an opera house to rival the Palais Garnier, and the public—especially the tourists who flock from nearby Poland—expect to see beauty and elegance on stage.
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