Artem Datsyshyn

Artem Datsyshyn was an Ukrainian ballet dancer, born in 1979 in Kherson, who died in 2022.

Biography

Artem Viktorovych Datsyshyn (Ukrainian: Артем Вікторович Дацишин, 26 January 1979 – 17 March 2022) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine, where he performed leading roles in ballets including Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. He achieved prizes in international competitions, and toured in Europe, North America, and Japan. He was killed by Russian artillery fire during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

From the Wikipedia article “Artem Datsyshyn”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.