
Bolshoi Ballet
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Founded | Moscow |
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Russia | |
Principal venue | Bolshoi Theatre |
Directors | Vladimir Urin |
Music Director | Tugan Sokhiev |
Ballet Director | Makhar Vaziev |
Founders | Michael Maddox |
Prince Pyotr Urusov | |
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ID | 2325040 |
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.
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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...
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Ukrainian ballet star Artem Datsyshyn dies after Russian shelling
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 .
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.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.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.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