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

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

When many of her fellow Muscovites began describing the destruction of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol as a liberation, Laura Fernandezs mind was made up. The star ballerina, who is half Ukrainian and… [+4533 chars]

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