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Ballet Dancer Artyom Datsishin Dies After Being Shelled – Artyom Datsishin died on February 26, 2022, as a result of serious injuries sustained during the shelling attack.
Artyom Datsishin was a world-renowned Ukrainian ballet dancer. He was among those killed by the Russian invading forces’ shelling.
The leading ballet dancer is one of the most well-known figures in the Moscow Bolshoi Theatres. He has played the lead roles in Swan Lake and Giselle.
He, too, had received international acclaim for his performances in The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Romeo and Juliet.
Ballet Dancer Artyom Datsishin Dies After Being Shelled: What Was His Death Cause?
Artyom Datsishin has died sustaining serious injuries after the shelling attack. He had been in hospital fighting for his life for almost three weeks.
The ballet dancer was wounded in the capital of Kyiv on February 26, 2022, just two days after the Russian invasion had started.
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky: ‘Artyom Datsishin, a principal dancer with National Opera House of Ukraine died today in the Kyiv hospital from wounds received on Feb 26 when he got under Russian artillery fire. He was a beautiful dancer loved by his colleagues. Unbearable pain’ pic.twitter.com/E74SDj3nOw
— The Siberian Times (@siberian_times) March 18, 2022
As notified by his close friends and family members, his funeral is going to be held in Kyiv today.
Meanwhile, Datsishin’s death was from Russian fire has provoked anger from the Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky.
Their former director of the Bolshoi Ballet has written: “I am furious,” he said, adding that Datsishin’s death at the hands of Russian invaders provoked “unbearable pain”.
“Artyom Datsishin, a principal dancer with the National Opera House of Ukraine, died today in the Kyiv hospital from wounds received on February 26 when he got under Russian artillery fire.”
“He was a beautiful dancer loved by his colleagues. Unbearable pain.”
Is There Artyom Datsishin’s Shelling Video On Twitter?
Many people have come forward to pay respect to Artyom Datsishin on Twitter, who died as a result of the terrible shelling strike.
Meanwhile, some people have been looking for the video of the shelling strike, which appears to have been taken down from Twitter.
One of his admirers, Graham Watts has written on Twitter: “Very sad news via Alexei Ratmansky – Artyom Datsishin, a principal dancer with National Opera House of Ukraine died today in the Kyiv hospital from wounds received from Russian Artillery fire on February 26”
Very sad news via Alexei Ratmansky – Artyom Datsishin, , a principal dancer with National Opera House of Ukraine died today in the Kyiv hospital from wounds received from Russian Artillery fire on February 26
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Татьяна Боровик pic.twitter.com/xem5AlW3o8— Graham Watts (@GWDanceWriter) March 17, 2022
Tatiana Borovik, one of Datsishin’s coworkers, also wrote on Facebook: “Farewell my dear man!! I can’t express my heartache that is overwhelming me! May your memory be bright”.
Artyom Datsishin’s Wikipedia And Theatre Career
Artyom Datsishin is well-known for his academic expressiveness, romantic elation, and psychological depth.
He was 43 years old at the time of his death and was born in 1979.
Datsishin had performed in Europe and the United States. He has appeared in Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Romeo and Juliet as a lead.
The renowned dancer was a principal dancer at Ukraine’s National Opera House.
Meanwhile, no information about his wife or children has surfaced in the media.