Vladimir Shklyarov, who danced with Russia's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, died Friday after reportedly falling from a fifth-floor balcony. He was 39.

Shklyarov and Shirinkina made their love story official when they got married in 2012. During their 12-year marriage, the couple was able to perform together in various theater productions, according to Russian media. “Every year, the temperature is higher, the love is stronger🤍,” Shirinkina wrote via Instagram in 2022.

Principal Russian ballerina Vladimir Shklyarov died at the age of 39 after suffering a fall from the fifth-floor balcony of a building.

Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, the highest-ranking dancer at the Mariinsky Theater, was reported to be under the influence of strong painkillers at the time of the accident. He was due to have a complex spinal procedure, according to a report from CNN .

Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died at age 39 after falling from a building, according to a representative for the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The ballet world is mourning renowned Russian ballet dancer and onetime Ukraine war critic Vladimir Shklyarov after he fell 60 feet to his death from the fifth-story balcony of a St. Petersburg building.

Investigators in Russia are looking into the death of Vladimir Shklyarov, a principal dancer at the world-famous Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg, after he fell from an apartment block balcony and died at the age of 39.

St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre says dancer was taking painkillers for an injury and fell from fifth floor