Vija Vētra, Latvian dancer and choreographer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 103.
She was a dance studio owner and tutor whose career spanned from the 1940s to 1990, and she was known as a leading classical Indian dancer. Born in Riga, Latvia, on February 6, 1923, she studied during World War II at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts and the Vienna Conservatory Ballet chapter.
In 1948, she emigrated to Australia, opened a dance studio in Sydney in 1951, later moved to West Germany, and from 1964 was based in the United States. She opened a dance study in New York City in 1967.
Vija Vētra, 103, Latvian dancer and choreographer. (death announced on this date)