The session "What Do Ukrainians Dream Of?" will take place on Sunday, December 1, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Les Champs Libres (auditorium), as part of the highlight event of the European Dialogues in Rennes. 

Free entry. 

Presentation of the Session 

Prior to the meeting, choreographer Olga Dukhovna will present, with Ukrainian hip-hop dancer Uzee Rock, the performance Crawl (research). This work in progress is inspired by traditional Ukrainian dances, revisited and stripped of all folklore. The affirmation of an identity, as an act of resistance. 

A thousand days of war. And a thousand nights. Ten years after the start of Russian aggression, and two years and nine months into the full-scale invasion, Ukrainians continue to resist—on the home front, in cities, and on the battlefield. But what do they dream of? In the intimacy of fragmented nights, broken by sirens. And then, when dawn breaks, and life must go on. 

What kind of future do people in Ukraine dream of, when planning their lives is limited to the next day? A life to (re)build, families to sustain, personal paths to weave, a collective existence to reinvent, a country and a society to heal and protect, no matter the cost. Despite the loss, despite the void, despite death. 

What do Ukrainians dream of, on the thousandth morning of the war, as they look to the day after the war? 

Participants 

With: Grisha Atanov, Yaryna Chornohuz, Halyna Chyzhyk, Natalia Diedova, Zhanna Ozirna, Constantin Sigov 

Moderation: Kristina Berdynskykh, Ukrainian reporter, associated correspondent for Libération in Kyiv, and Stéphane Siohan, reporter, correspondent for Libération in Kyiv