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[A ballet about ballet legend Rudolf] Nureyev was set to premiere at the Bolshoi on Tuesday in one of the most hotly anticipated stagings of the season. But in a move that has shocked the ballet world, the theatre said the show has been indefinitely postponed.

Nureyev was set to premiere at the Bolshoi on Tuesday in one of the most hotly anticipated stagings of the season. But in a move that has shocked the ballet world, the theatre said the show has been indefinitely postponed.

  Guardian

Actually, I'm a little surprised they would take on that subject in the first place.

The performance is being staged by Kirill Serebrennikov, a theatre and film director who recently was questioned and had his home searched in an investigation into alleged embezzlement of state funding for the arts.

Whether he did it or not.

Serebrennikov has fallen out of favour with Russia’s cultural authorities in recent years and has denounced increasing censorship of the arts. Supporters of Mr Serebrennikov reportedly said his questioning was politically motivated.

[...]

Serebrennikov did not answer his phone on Saturday afternoon.

Maybe he's not there.

Tatiana Kuznetsova, ballet critic for the Kommersant newspaper [...] reported on rumours that the production includes male dancers in dresses as well as portrayals of public personalities who are still alive.

She called it “the main event of the ballet season in Russia, and possibly in the world”, with critics from all over the world set to attend the premiere.

Yeah, Serebrennikov will never be heard from again.

Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin wrote to President Vladimir Putin to complain about the handling of the investigation.

"You wanna piece a' this?"

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.