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.

Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.

Vladimir Shklyarov, who has died aged 39 after falling from a fifth-floor balcony in St Petersburg, was a principal dancer with the Mariinsky ballet company who stood out for his high, carefree leaps and instinctively graceful carriage,

Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov tragically passed away over the weekend after falling from a 5th-floor balcony. He was 39 years old. Shklyarov’s fall occurred in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday,

Vladimir Shklyarov, who danced with Russia's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, died Friday after reportedly falling from a fifth-floor balcony. He was 39.

Russian Ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov has died at the age of 39. While his extraordinary talent and grace will continue to live in our memories forever, fans are now looking to learn the real cause of his demise.

Vladimir Shklyarov, one of the world’s premier male ballet dancers, died on Saturday night, according to the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, where he was a principal dancer. He was 39. The theater did not say in its announcement how or where Mr. Shklyarov died.

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 of a St. Petersburg building

Investigators in Russia are looking into the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, after he fell from an apartment block balcony and died at the age of 39.