St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre says dancer was taking painkillers for an injury and fell from fifth floor
The acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov has died aged 39.
Shklyarov died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Mariinsky Theatre told the news outlet Fontanka at the weekend.
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