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

Shklyarov, a principal with the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre, is being remembered as an "extraordinary artist".

An acclaimed Russian ballet dancer has died aged 39 after reportedly falling off a balcony while on painkillers.

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

"He forever inscribed his name in the history of world ballet art," the Mariinsky Theatre wrote in a tribute Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died on Saturday,