Nureyev premieres in Moscow with director under house arrest
(The Guardian Russia)

Russia´s political elite enjoy ballet about famous 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, was conspicuously absent, having spent the past few months under house arrest. Continue reading...