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Bolshoi Ballet

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FoundedMoscow
Russia
Principal venue Bolshoi Theatre
Directors Vladimir Urin
Music Director Tugan Sokhiev
Ballet DirectorMakhar Vaziev
FoundersMichael Maddox
Prince Pyotr Urusov
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Date of Upd.
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About Bolshoi Ballet


The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. It only achieved worldwide acclaim, however, in the early 20th century when Moscow became the capital of Soviet Russia.

Ukrainian ballet star Artem Datsyshyn dies after Russian shelling

Mar 11,2025 9:41 pm

Leading Ukrainian ballet dancer Artem Datsyshyn has died, almost three weeks after being injured in Russian shelling in Kyiv, according to reports.

Datsyshyn, 43, a former soloist at The National Opera of Ukraine, died in hospital, friend Tatiana Borovik said.

She spoke of her " heartache" at The News .

Anatoly Solovyanenko, chief stage director at The National Opera of Ukraine, as " a great artist" and " a wonderful man".

Russian-American choreographer Alexei Ratmansky also expressed his Sadness .

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Ratmansky, a former Principal Dancer in Kyiv and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, is now artist in residence at The American Ballet Theatre in New York . Datsyshyn died from " Wounds received on February 26 when he got under Russian artillery fire".

" He was a beautiful dancer loved by his colleagues. Unbearable pain, " he added.

News of Datsyshyn's death follows reports that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets died after a Russian rocket attack.

Shvets, 67, died after The Attack on attack on a residential building in Kyiv, according to The City 's Young Theatre, of which she was a company member.

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She was reported to be a veteran of stage and screen for decades in Ukraine, and the recipient of one of the country's highest artistic accolades.



Source of news: bbc.com

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