The ballet world is mourning famend Russian ballet dancer and onetime Ukraine conflict critic Vladimir Shklyarov after he fell 60 ft to his loss of life from the fifth-story balcony of a St. Petersburg constructing.
Shklyarov was 39.
The theater issued a press release Saturday confirming the dancer’s loss of life that day.
“This is a huge loss not only for the theatre’s staff, but for all of today’s ballet art,” the Mariinsky Theatre stated in a press release. “Our condolences to the artist’s family, loved ones, friends and all the numerous admirers of his work and talent.”
Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs throughout a gown rehearsal of ‘Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux’ on the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP through Getty Photos)
He had two kids with spouse and fellow dancer Maria Shirinkina, whom he married in 2013.
Shklyarov carried out worldwide, together with with the Metropolitan Opera in New York Metropolis, the Royal Opera Home in London and The Kennedy Middle in Washington, D.C. As well as, the artist danced with the American Ballet Theatre in 2014 and 2015, the corporate stated in an Instagram tribute.
ABT despatched condolences to “all who were touched by his brilliance,” concluding, “Rest in peace, Vladimir. Your light will continue to shine through the beauty you brought to this world.”
Shklyarov had began at Mariinsky in 2003, proper out of the Academy of Russian Ballet, and rose to turn out to be certainly one of its principal dancers in 2011, the theater stated in a bio. He acquired a slew of accolades, capped by being topped an Honored Artist of Russia in 2020, Mariinsky stated, calling him “an expressive, absolutely inimitable actor and a virtuoso, academically impeccable dancer who can master all styles.”
In March 2022 the dancer spoke out in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an Instagram submit that was later deleted, The Guardian reported. “It is impossible to watch everything that is happening today without tears,” Shklyarov wrote. After deleting the submit, he didn’t touch upon the conflict once more, The Guardian stated.
Fellow dancer Irina Baranovskaya referred to as Shklyarov’s loss of life “a stupid, unbearable accident” on the social media platform Telegram, saying that he had gone onto the went onto the “very narrow balcony” for a smoke and “lost his balance.”
