Artem Viktorovych Datsyshyn ( uk, 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 ''

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'' and Prokofiev's ''

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''. He achieved prizes in international competitions, and toured in Europe, North America, and Japan. He was killed by Russian artillery fire during the

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Life and career

Datsyshyn was born in

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and graduated from the Kyiv Choreographic School associated with the

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. He studied with V. Parsegov. While still a student, he competed in the 1996 International Serge Lifar Ballet Competition achieving a third prize. He shared second prize at the 1998 Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition, where no first prize was awarded. In 1997, Datsyshyn became a soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine. He appeared in the leading roles of

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and Lev Ivanov's ''

'' and '' The Nutcracker'',

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and

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's ''

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'', Petipa's '' La Bayadère'', and Prokofiev's ''

'', among many others. He appeared as a partner of

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in London in September 2001. He toured Spain and

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in 2004 with the Kyiv company, performing ''Swan Lake'' and '' The Sleeping Beauty''. In October 2014, he participated in a charity event of the National Opera of Ukraine for children of refugees, presenting the ballet '' Cipollino'', with music by Karen Khachaturian and in a 1995 choreography by Genrikh Mayorov, of a story of a hero who bravely enters the fight against injustice and leads his friends and associates to the victory of good over evil. In the performance with many new dancers, he had the role of "funnily arrogant" Prince Lemon. He danced on tours to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Japan, Lebanon, Canada, and the United States. His interpretations were described as expressive and with "romantic sublimity" and "psychological depth".

Death and legacy

According to Russian-American choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, Datsyshyn was wounded on 26 February 2022 from Russian shelling. BBC News reported Datsyshyn's death on 19 March 2022, having died from his injuries two days earlier. He was 43 years old. Anatoly Solovyanenko, who serves as chief stage director in the National Opera of Ukraine, made a post on Facebook calling Datsyshyn "a great artist" and a "wonderful man". Ratmansky referred to him as a "beautiful dancer loved by his colleagues", adding only "unbearable pain".

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