
Russian prima ballerina leaves Moscow theater over Russia-Ukraine war
Fox News
Russian prima ballerina Olga Smirnova has departed her home country to pursue a dance career in the Netherlands following her public denouncement of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Smirnova, who danced in various ballet performances with Moscow’s historic Bolshoi Theatre in the last decade, spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on social media and has found the response in her native country to be "untenable," the Dutch National Ballet wrote in a news release.
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