Tsiskardze said he’s complained about the allegedly dangerous situation at the Bolshoi for decades. “We must not blame Yevgeny or find a scapegoat.” Dancers damage their legs when sets and staircases fall over,” he said. Nikolai Tsiskardze, a former dancer at the Bolshoi, told the newspaper Komsomolkaya Pravda that the performer was blameless in the accident, condemning the conditions of the prestigious theatre. It is not yet known how Kulesh became trapped, but he is believed to have moved in the wrong direction during the set change, according to Russian reports. The terrible accident occurred during a performance of “Sadko,” a 19th-century opera by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Yevgeny Kulesh was hit by a ramp lowered from the ceiling. He had reportedly worked at the Bolshoi for two decades.
He was declared dead by the time first responders arrived, according to Russian media. Harrowing photos show Kulesh’s crushed body below the set.
The stunned crowd gasps from their seats as the curtain is suddenly shut. “Stop, stop! Call an ambulance, someone got hit by the backdrop! There’s blood!” the man yells in Russian. The music then slows to halt, while panicked actors franctically wave their hands for help. One man on stage cries out after he realizes what’s happened. Yevgeny Kulesh, 38, somehow became trapped underneath the massive backdrop during a set change during the opera performance - as actors and the orchestra unwittingly continue on with the act. Two Florida boys killed when lightning bolt strikes rowboatĭisturbing footage shows the moment a Russian actor is crushed to death during a live performance at Moscow’s famed Bolshoi Theatre on Saturday.
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A former dancer was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for orchestrating an acid attack on the theater's artistic director in 2013. Theater officials closed the curtains in the moments following the accident and called off the show shortly after, Russia's state-backed news network RT reported.įorensics experts were dispatched to the theater and the Russian Investigative Committee said it was looking into the accident, the network said. The Bolshoi cancelled a performance of Sadko on Sunday. The accident occurred during a performance of Sadko, an opera by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, multiple outlets reported. "The time and place of parting will be announced later."Īccording to the BBC, video shows Kulesh being crushed by a piece of the set during a scene change, as his fellow performers frantically waved their arms to get the crew to lift the structure off the actor. "We express our deep condolences to family and friends," the theater said in a statement translated from Russian. The man was identified as 38-year-old Evgenia Sergeevich Kulesh. An actor performing at Moscow's famous Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on Saturday, the venue announced on social media.
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