Peskov called the Nureyev ballet a world event

The ballet "Nureyev" of Russia has become a world event, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. On December 9, the first premiere of the ballet took place on the Historical Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre.

“There are some controversial points, but in general, probably, from the point of view of creative search and such a creative extravaganza, this is an event, a world event,” quotes him. TASS

Peskov added that he did not notice "anything provocative" in the production.

According to Novaya Gazeta, tickets for Nureyev were sold today for 85,000 rubles. The second tier was sold on the street.

The Guardian correspondent Sean Walker wrote on Instagram: “Nureyev at the Bolshoi Theatre. Amazing talent on stage, half the elite in the audience, and the director is under house arrest. Russia as it is.

Author of the project “1917. Free History, Mikhail Zygar, said on Facebook that at the premiere of Nureyev, the troupe called for the release of ballet director Kirill Serebrennikov from arrest. Composer Ilya Demutsky and choreographer Yuri Posokhov, in particular, spoke in his support.

The premiere was also attended by former State Duma deputy Sergei Kapkov, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, director Alexander Rodnyansky, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.

The director and stage designer of the ballet is Kirill Serebrennikov, who is currently under house arrest on charges of embezzlement of budget funds.

The date of the premiere was coordinated with Serebrennikov. To do this, the director of the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Urin, with the permission of the investigator, met with the director.

The second screening of "Nureyev" will take place on December 10.

The premiere of "Nureyev" was supposed to take place on July 11, 2017, but it was unexpectedly canceled , allegedly due to the unavailability of the ballet.

A TASS source reported that the Bolshoi Theater postponed the premiere of the ballet on the orders of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky. Allegedly, the performance, according to the minister, promotes homosexuality. Vladimir Urin denied this.

Rudolf Nureyev worked in the troupe of the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater (Mariinsky Theatre). In 1961, he decided not to return to the USSR from a tour in Paris and asked for political asylum, becoming one of the first artists to emigrate from the country. Later, the artist received Austrian citizenship. Nureyev was homosexual. He died at the age of 54 from complications of AIDS.