4:59 am: Foreign dancers leave the Russian ballets
The Bolshoi is also affected by the boycotts. The Brazilian David Motta Soares and the Italian Jacopo Tissi, both dancers in this cultural emblem of Russia, announced their resignation on Monday, in solidarity with the victims of the conflict in Ukraine.
In addition to these stars, the Briton Xander Parish, principal dancer at the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg, also announced his departure from the famous ballet on Sunday evening. The same day, the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow had also already received a blow, with the resignation of its musical director, the Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev, who said he was under pressure to take a position on Ukraine.
