Ballet Ticket: Two Bolshoi Ballet Dancers Were Not Given a Visa to the USA

US authorities refused to issue visas to Bolshoi Theater prima ballerina Olga Smirnova and first soloist Jacopo Tissi, who were scheduled to perform in New York at the Lincoln Center. The organizers of the event believe that the refusal is politically motivated. Writes about this News.ru.

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“The organizers of the gala concert at Lincoln Center, where Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi were supposed to dance on April 23, believe that the decision of the US Department of Homeland Security may be dictated by numerous bilateral conflicts between superpowers, and claim that Smirnova is so valued in Moscow that such handling it may provoke retaliatory measures from Russia,” writes Page Six (quote by InoPressapublishing a translation of the article).

The American side explains the refusal by saying that the ballet dancers applied for a group visa, but had to perform individually. At the same time, the organizer of the Young America Grand Prix event previously received similar visas for other dancers, including Smirnova.

“This is worrying. If you remember the history of ballet, even during the worst times of the Cold War, artists from the Bolshoi and at that time the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Theater came here,” said Linda K. Morse, chairman of the organizing company.

In the Bolshoi, have a different opinion, writes RIA News". They believe that most likely, the artists did not have time to issue a working visa due to a technical failure.

Recall the relationship between Russia and the United States deteriorated after poisoning in the British Salisbury Former Colonel of the GRU Sergey Skrypal and his daughter Julia. The UK holds Russia responsible for the incident and believes that the victims were poisoned with the Novichok nerve gas. Moscow denies all accusations.

March 26 US announced expulsion 60 Russian diplomats. Many EU countries also decided to send employees of Russian diplomatic missions.

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