In 2025, Kharkiv is the most dangerous city in Ukraine. Located just a few kilometers from the Russian border, this metropolis of over a million people is hit daily by rockets, glide bombs, and artillery. Schools only exist online, and leisure activities are rare or impossible. The children live in a permanent state of emergency: they fear sirens, fireworks, and any loud noise. They have not been allowed to leave the house at night for over three years. In the midst of this destroyed metropolis, choreographer Natalia Bedich (47) remains committed to her mission. She refuses to leave Kharkiv – even though her dance studio has been bombed. Together with her family, she trains up to 60 children and young people in a cultural center with shattered windows, no heating, and often no electricity. ARIRA becomes a refuge, a space for conversations, lectures, film screenings – and a lifeline for young people who have few places left to meet. Most of the children come from destroyed or occupied cities in the east of the country – they are internally displaced persons, often traumatized. Dancing gives them structure, hope, and normality.