US EditionKirill Serebrennikov Revives Banned Ballet Nureyev in Berlin
The Berlin revival restores original nudity and portrays Nureyev’s life and relationships, banned in Russia for 'gay propaganda' under tightened laws.
- The ballet 'Nureyev' by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov was banned in Russia in 2023 due to its portrayal of same-sex relationships, but is getting a new life in Berlin with the director's team of fellow Russian exiles.
- The ballet tells the story of the legendary male ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, who fled the Soviet Union for France in 1961 and died in 1993 due to AIDS complications.
- The Berlin production aims to stay true to the original, including reinstating a full-stage nude photograph of Nureyev, as Serebrennikov believes the message of artistic freedom resonates in the current atmosphere of 'lack of freedom, lack of common sense.
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The performance of a ballet piece about a homosexual dancer who died of AIDS? Unthinkable in Russia. Since 2023 there are strict laws against the spread of "non-traditional values". In Berlin, however, "Nureyev" is preserved a stage.
David Soares in Noureev photo Carlos Quezada Yesterday, a simple dancer in the Bolshoi of Moscow, David Soares will play in Berlin the legend of dance, Rudolf Noureev, in an eponymous ballet banned in Russia for "LGBT propaganda" and first mounted in the West by dissident artist Kirill Serebrennikov. "To give a second life to this ballet here today is (...) a great responsibility," explains David Soares, 28-year-old Brazilian soloist, who fled R…
(Kunst & Kultur - B hne) "Nureyev" will soon be shown in Berlin. Director for the Russian-born Kirill Serebrnikov. read
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