Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and choreographer currently residing at the American Ballet Theatre, was preparing a new ballet at the Bolshoi in Moscow, when Russian President Vladimir V. Putin made the announcement early Thursday morning, in neighboring Ukraine. He said he invaded. Ratmansky, who grew up in Kiev and danced …

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