INdependent24 at Singer Laren

Laren: 28.11.2026

20:00

Closed charity event

Location: Singer Laren, Oude Drift 1, 1251 BS Laren
Doors open: 17:30
Performance: 20:00
In support of: Ptakha Camp, Ukraine
Host: HBS Club of the Netherlands
Project partner: OpenDoorUkraine / ODU

On 28 November 2026, Ukrainian International Ballet will present the full two-act performance INdependent24 at Singer Laren during a closed charity event for the Harvard Business School Club of the Netherlands alumni community.

The evening will bring together around 400 invited guests in support of Ptakha Camp in Ukraine, with OpenDoorUkraine / ODU as a project partner. The HBS Club of the Netherlands connects and organises events for Netherlands-based Harvard Business School alumni, while Ptakha Camp supports mothers and children from frontline and de-occupied territories of Ukraine.

INdependent24 is a powerful two-act dance performance about identity, resilience, displacement and the search for inner freedom. Through contemporary and neoclassical dance, the work gives voice to Ukrainian artists and reflects on the emotional landscape of a nation living through war while continuing to create, remember and move forward.

First act: Project - Emotions | Dmytro Borodai

With the help of choreography, soulful dances, drama, sarcasm, and apt humor, this ballet will guide you through the emotions of your own soul. The performance invites the audience to immerse themselves, sincerely “release” and analyze their own emotions and their impact on everyday life, and get mental relief during the performance. The choreography, saturated with different moods, provokes and directs the viewer to experience a wide range of feelings. Dmytro Borodai hails from the city of Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhya region and is an outstanding representative of Ukrainian choreography. From 2019 to 2022, he worked at the National Opera of Ukraine, and after 2022 he continued his career at the United Ukrainian Ballet.

Second act: de/het/één | Richèl Wieles

This lively one-act ballet recreates, through the real stories of 10 Ukrainian dancers, the vision of the beauty of modern Netherlands and dedicates this ballet to gratitude to the Dutch nation. Richèl Wieles is a professional Dutch dancer whose career began after graduating from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in 2011. Since then, he has performed extensively as a classical and contemporary dancer with several esteemed companies across Europe, including Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Ballet van Vlaanderen, Slovenian National Ballet, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Another Kind Of Blue, Introdans, and Ballet Ireland. Alongside his performance career, Richèl has also found fulfillment in assisting choreographers and teaching as a guest instructor in various companies and summer schools worldwide.

We are dedicated to safeguarding this invaluable cultural asset, embedding Ukrainian ballet within global cultural dialogues, and enriching diverse cultural landscapes.