{"id":824,"date":"2026-05-25T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/adaptive-dance-as-rehabilitation-for-veterans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:17:28","slug":"adaptive-dance-as-rehabilitation-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/adaptive-dance-as-rehabilitation-for-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive Dance as Rehabilitation for Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Adaptive dance <\/strong>is much more than choreography. It is a new path toward recovery, self-acceptance, renewed confidence, and the opportunity to reconnect with one\u2019s body. \n\nIn Ukraine, this form of rehabilitation is becoming increasingly important, as it is now part of recovery programs for veterans who have experienced war and sustained severe injuries, amputations, or vision loss.\n\nOn May 24, 2026, Kyiv hosted the charity evening \u201c<strong>Triumph of the Spirit. The Grace of Dance<\/strong>\u201d \u2014 another stage of a nationwide project focused on rehabilitating Ukrainian defenders through adaptive dance. <br\/><strong>The initiative was created by Bohdan Holovatenko, owner of Kyiv-based BIG Dance Studio, who also developed a unique concept of adaptive dance specifically for veterans.<\/strong><br\/>\n\nThroughout the evening, defenders who had only recently been fighting to protect Ukraine took to the dance floor. One of the participants was Vladyslav Yeshchenko, a veteran who completely lost his sight as a result of his injury. Despite this, he fulfilled his dream \u2014 stepping onto the dance floor and performing a tango.  \n\nThe special atmosphere of the evening was created by hosts Hryhorii Reshetnyk and Rusya Danilkina, a Ukrainian Armed Forces veteran who lost her leg in the war but has become an example of strength and a love for life.\n\nThis project is not about pity. It is about respect, support, and new opportunities for people who have sacrificed so much of their strength and health for Ukraine. \nThe initiative will continue to expand across the regions, with trainer education and the creation of spaces where adaptive dance will become accessible to veterans across the country.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adaptive dance is much more than choreography. It is a new path toward recovery, self-acceptance, renewed confidence, and the opportunity to reconnect with one\u2019s body. In Ukraine, this form of rehabilitation is becoming increasingly important, as it is now part of recovery programs for veterans who have experienced war and sustained severe injuries, amputations, or<a href=\"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/adaptive-dance-as-rehabilitation-for-veterans\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Adaptive Dance as Rehabilitation for Veterans&#8221;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevictory.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}