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Russian, Ukrainian ballet stars to dance together in Naples

People show placards outside the San Carlo opera house in Naples, Monday, April 4, 2022. Placard at center reads in Italian "Putin is a terrorist'. Anastasya Gurskaya, a top ballerina in Kyiv's Opera, who fled the fighting in Ukraine and prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, who quit the Bolshoi last month over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples ahead of a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Olga Smirnova talks with the press inside the San Carlo opera house in Naples, Monday, April 4, 2022. Anastasya Gurskaya, a top ballerina in Kyiv's Opera, who fled the fighting in Ukraine and prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, who quit the Bolshoi last month over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples ahead of a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) From left, Olga Smirnova, Naples San Carlo theater's art director Alessio Carbone, and Anastasya Gurskaya, pose for a photograph in Naples, Monday, April 4, 2022. Gurskaya, a top ballerina in Kyiv's Opera, who fled the fighting in Ukraine and prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, who quit the Bolshoi last month over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples ahead of a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Olga Smirnova, left, and Anastasya Gurskaya, pose for a photograph in Naples, Monday, April 4, 2022. Gurskaya, a top ballerina in Kyiv's Opera, who fled the fighting in Ukraine and prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, who quit the Bolshoi last month over the Russian invasion rehearsed on a stage in Naples ahead of a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Russian, Ukrainian ballet stars to dance together in Naples