At the premiere of the ballet "Nureyev" the troupe called for the release of director Kirill Serebrennikov. About this in his Facebook wrote a journalist and writer Mikhail Zygar. "In the background among the graffiti the inscription K. Serebr. On stage composer Ilya Demutskiy, choreographer Yury Posokhov and others in T-shirts with Kirill Serebrennikov, "he wrote. The premiere of the ballet about the dancer-defector Rudolf Nureyev in the production of Serebrennikov was due on July 11. The fact that the show will not take place, it became known on July 8.

Serebrennikov is being prosecuted in the embezzlement case for at least 68 million rubles, allotted from the state budget for the realization of the art project "Platforma" in 2011-2014. The director is under house arrest since the end of August. On December 4, judge Oleg Gaidar decided to recognize as lawful the decision to extend the arrest to the director until January 19.

Original article: The troupe called for the release of Serebrennikov at the premiere of Nureyev in the Bolshoi Theater.