Ballerina Mugged

A Russian ballerina and star of the Bolshoi Ballet was mugged June 15 on West End Avenue and West 63rd Street. Police said the woman, identified as 24-year-old Natalia Osipova, was walking home around 12:30 a.m. when two teens robbed her. One punched her in the face and took her pocketbook, which contained her ballet shoes, valued at $100. The two teens ran north toward nearby basketball courts.