Often the hardest thing prima ballerina Tetiana Lozova has to do is just get home after a performance. When the electricity isn’t working, Lozova, a star dancer with the National Ballet of Ukraine, has to walk up 17 flights of stairs to get back to her apartment in Kyiv. But, despite blackouts, bombings, and no running water, the exhaustion of dancing and climbing hundreds of steps, she continues to make her art.

All month, Lozova will be on tour with the National Ballet of Ukraine on its first trip to the United States since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. On the tour, the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers from Canada will join the ballet company, adding folk dances to an evening that will feature a total of 44 dancers. The companies stop at Boston’s Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center on Oct. 10.

“I have a very good wish,” Lozova told the Herald through a translator. “I want Ukraine to be known all over the world, not because of the war but because of our art and Ukrainian culture. And we, the artists, are part of Ukrainian culture. It is a great joy and happiness for us to share this with the American audience.”

Lozova started dancing when she was six, made her professional debut at 14, joined Ukraine’s premiere ballet company at 18, and has been with the company for 14 seasons. With every rehearsal, every performance, she finds some joy.

“When asked why I like this art, I always answer, ‘It’s the happiness of living hundreds of lives in one life,’ and it’s in ballet that this is possible,” she said.

Those familiar with ballet will find excerpts of plenty of well-known works in the U.S. tour program — dances from the classical ballet repertoire include “La Bayadere,” “Giselle,” “The Dying Swan,” “Don Quixote,” and “Harlequinade,” many of which were adapted for the company by Ukrainian choreographers. But for Lozova, one piece stands out.

During the tour, Lozova will dance the adagio from the first act of the ballet “The Forest Song” with her husband, Yaroslav Tkachuk. Based on a play by Ukrainian writer Lesya Ukrainka, “Forest Song” isn’t widely known in the States, but it’s become an iconic piece of the company’s repertoire.

“‘The Forest Song’ is really the very first cultural and balletic heritage of our country,” Lozova said. “It is a great honor and inspiration for me to dance a fragment from this performance. Perhaps someday in the future, Ukrainian artists will be able to show the entire performance of “The Forest Song” abroad. It is really wonderful.”

For Lozova and so many more in the company, the tour is a chance to keep the war in Ukraine in the forefront of Americans’ minds — and to raise money to improve the lives of Ukrainian families, as a portion of ticket sales will go to a charity working in the country.

“Ukraine has a very long history,” she said. “We have great artists who, centuries ago, did amazing things to enrich the cultural heritage of our country. Now, in the modern world, we must continue to enrich our country with our culture. And, of course, we want to show this culture to the whole world.”

For tickets and details, visit nationalukraineballet.com