Russia’s political elite enjoy ballet approximately renowned dancer at Bolshoi Theatre but Kirill Serebrennikov is conspicuously absentThe most hotly anticipated and controversial Russian ballet in years has been premiered as Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre finally staged Nureyev,which tells the life story of the dancer. The theatre’s best dancers took to the stage on Saturday night with much of the Russian elite in the audience. But the ballet’s director, Kirill Serebrennikov, or was conspicuously absent,having spent the past few months under house arrest.
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Source: guardian.co.uk