Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov fell from a fifth-floor balcony after taking painkillers ahead of back surgery, Russian media reported.

Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died on Saturday, Nov. 16, after falling from the fifth floor of a building, Anna Kasatkina, a representative for the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia, told local news outlet Fontanka.

Vladimir Shklyarov has died at the age of 39 after falling from a balcony. The ballet dancer was ranked as a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet in Saint Petersburg and had performed all over the world but fell to his death in the Russian city over the weekend.

Shklyarov had been on painkillers waiting for a complex spinal surgery when the incident occurred, according to a representative from his dance company

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

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

Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.