Police in Russia are investigating after famend Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov reportedly fell to his loss of life over the weekend. He was 39.
Shklyarov was a star dancer on the Mariinsky, the historic opera and ballet venue in Russia’s imperial capital of Saint Petersburg. His funeral might be held on Thursday, the Mariinsky Theatre introduced.
Citing theater representatives, Russian media reported that he fell from a fifth-floor balcony on Saturday after taking painkillers forward of again surgical procedure that had been scheduled for Monday.
“His loss is deeply felt by your complete Mariinsky household and the broader ballet world,” the theater mentioned Monday in a press release, with out commenting on the circumstances of Shklyarov’s loss of life.
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Shklyarov had been a principal dancer with the theater since 2011, “fascinating audiences along with his expressive artistry and technical brilliance,” it mentioned.
He was married to fellow firm dancer Maria Shklyarov, with whom he had two youngsters, CBS Information’ accomplice community BBC Information reported.
A memorial service might be held Thursday on the theater, adopted by a church service and burial in central Saint Petersburg.
Russian investigators have launched a probe into Shklyarov’s loss of life, in accordance with the state-run RIA Novosti information company, which mentioned authorities’ preliminary evaluation was that it was more likely to have been an accident.
Shklyarov received a number of prestigious awards for his performances in basic ballets together with The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Magnificence and Manon, and had recurrently toured internationally.
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Shortly after Russia launched its full-scale navy offensive on Ukraine, Shklyarov criticized Russia for ordering troops into the neighboring nation in a social media put up that was later deleted.
In contrast to different some performers, equivalent to Olga Smirnova, a prima ballerina at Moscow’s famed Bolshoi who left the nation in protest, Shklyarov stayed in Russia and continued performing with the Mariinsky below its pro-Kremlin management.
Shklyarov had carried out at prestigious venues around the globe, together with the Royal Opera Home in London and Metropolitan Opera in New York, in accordance with the BBC. In 2014 and 2015, he was a featured visitor artist on the American Ballet Theatre in New York, the BBC mentioned.
“We mourn the tragic lack of Vladimir Shklyarov, a unprecedented artist whose grace and fervour impressed audiences worldwide,” the American firm wrote on Instagram Sunday. “Your mild will proceed to shine by means of the sweetness you dropped at this world.”