ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) –     Ballet fans and members of Russia’s cultural elite on Thursday filed past the open casket of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, whose life they said had ended too soon at the age of 39. The body of Shklyarov, the recipient of a top state award and the leading man and male dancer in numerous classical Russian ballet productions at the Mariinsky, was f…

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Russia’s ballet world says farewell to dancer Vladimir Shklyarov after balcony fall

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony.

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The ballet world is mourning renowned Russian ballet dancer and onetime Ukraine war critic Vladimir Shklyarov after he fell 60 feet to his death from the fifth-story balcony of a St. Petersburg building. Shklyarov was 39. Russian authorities immediately ruled his death an accident, though an investigation was under way to confirm that, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. He was due to undergo “complex spinal surgery” for a back injury …

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Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov dies in fall from balcony at age 39

NPR’s Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony. (Image credit: OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian ballet world says farewell to celebrated dancer Shklyarov after balcony fall

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