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Ballet star Laura Fernandez on fleeing Russia and starting over: ‘I couldn’t discuss the war any more’

In April, the half-Ukrainian dancer left Moscow and her position at the Stanislavsky theatre as her family hunkered down in Mariupol. Ahead of a performance in Sydney, she talks about her future

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2022

‘I couldn’t keep it inside’: ballet star Olga Smirnova on quitting the Bolshoi and fleeing Russia

After Putin invaded Ukraine, the Russian dancer denounced the war, left the Kremlin-allied company – and flew out of Moscow that night. As she prepares for her debut at the Dutch National Ballet, Smirnova speaks for the first time

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

Russian, Ukrainian ballet stars to dance together in Naples

A Ukrainian ballerina who fled the war in her homeland and a Russian ballerina who quit the Bolshoi Ballet over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples for a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022