The Executive Committee of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced it will bar all Russian programs from this year’s International Emmys competition in support of Ukraine.
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British ballet dancer Xander Parish has made the decision to leave Russia and the country's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Xander shared the news Sunday on Instagram.
"Dear friends & followers, tonight I was supposed to be performing Giselle at the Mariinsky Theatre but instead, due to the awful crisis I have taken the difficult decision to leave Russia, at least until peace comes," Parish wrote. "My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine, near and far, including @kate_chebykina pictured with me here in @jivoy_dance’s ‘I’m not Scared.' I am so grateful to the Mariinsky Theatre who, thanks to Yuri Fateev, took me in 12 years ago and gave me a career in classical ballet I could only have dreamed about." Xander Parish as Prince Siegfried with artists of the company in the Mariinsky Ballet's production of Konstantin Sergevev's revival of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivonov's "Swan Lake" at the Royal Opera House on July 27, 2017. (Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images) Parish went on to pray for peace in the region.
"I am grateful to the wonderful ordinary Russian people, the majority of whom have treated me with such kindness," he continued. "I pray that peace will come and the wounds will be healed by God’s grace.Thank you to all of you who have been sending me messages over the past few days and sorry for not having had the time to reply." Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
24. Putin has labeled the invasion a "special military mission." Parish revealed he is leaving Russia and the prestigious Mariinsky Ballet amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
The Executive Committee of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced it will bar all Russian programs from this year’s International Emmys competition in support of Ukraine.
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