Bolshoi Theatre bans Nureyev on gay grounds
balletBolshoi chief Vladimir Urin said yesterday he had taken out of repertoire the 2017 ballet ‘Nureyev’ by composer Ilya Demutsky, choreographed by Yuri Posokhov and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov.
The reason, he said, was a new law prohibiting the unambiguous presentation of ‘issues related to the promotion of non-traditional values’ – meaning homosexuality.
The law was enacted in December 2022 by President Putin.
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