Profile
Log In
Sign up
This website uses cookies. Some are necessary to help our website work properly and can't be switched off, and some are optional but can optimise your browsing experience. To manage your cookie choices, click on Open settings.
Profile
Log In
Sign up
    Netherlands: Amsterdam citizens protest as Dutch ballet hires Russian dancer02:31

    Netherlands: Amsterdam citizens protest as Dutch ballet hires Russian dancer

    Netherlands, Amsterdam
    Russia-Ukraine conflictDonbass conflictSociety
    April 17, 2022 at 13:49 GMT +00:00 · Published

    Dozens of demonstrators protested against the Dutch National Ballet hiring Russian ballerina Olga Smirnova, in Amsterdam on Saturday.

    Smirnova was a dancer in the famous Moscow Bolshoi Ballet who moved to the Netherlands and joined the Dutch National Ballet after criticizing the war in Ukraine.

    "It seems like a nice gesture, but it also seems like Russians celebrities, Russian famous dancers, they use this war as a social and economic elevator for themselves," the protester Kateryna Gabak argued.

    The protest took place just before Smirnova’s debut in Amsterdam.

    Netherlands: Amsterdam citizens protest as Dutch ballet hires Russian dancer02:31
    TrendingView all videos
    Top downloads in last 24 hours
    Pool for subscribers only
    04:04
    USA: Bodycam footage shows brutal beating by Memphis police leading to Tyre Nichols’ deathUSA: Bodycam footage shows brutal beating by Memphis police leading to Tyre Nichols’ death
    January 29, 2023 at 00:25 GMT +00:00
    01:46
    USA: At least three killed and four wounded amid shooting in West HollywoodUSA: At least three killed and four wounded amid shooting in West Hollywood
    January 28, 2023 at 20:12 GMT +00:00
    Pool for subscribers only
    00:50
    Iran: Massive fire breaks out after explosion at engine oil plant in AzarshahrIran: Massive fire breaks out after explosion at engine oil plant in Azarshahr
    January 29, 2023 at 05:23 GMT +00:00
    04:12
    Syria: Locals resort to public baths due to lack of diesel, power shortagesSyria: Locals resort to public baths due to lack of diesel, power shortages
    January 28, 2023 at 19:42 GMT +00:00
    Show more
    Description

    Dozens of demonstrators protested against the Dutch National Ballet hiring Russian ballerina Olga Smirnova, in Amsterdam on Saturday.

    Smirnova was a dancer in the famous Moscow Bolshoi Ballet who moved to the Netherlands and joined the Dutch National Ballet after criticizing the war in Ukraine.

    "It seems like a nice gesture, but it also seems like Russians celebrities, Russian famous dancers, they use this war as a social and economic elevator for themselves," the protester Kateryna Gabak argued.

    The protest took place just before Smirnova’s debut in Amsterdam.