夫のぽるおが今朝（← 毎朝英国高級紙ガーディアンのウェブを読むのが日課）、「ねえねえ、ボリショイ・バレエの『ヌレエフ』初演がキャンセルだってさ～」とかってのたまったんで、何かと思ったら、あらまー、ホントにキャンセル！
ボリショイは今季まもなく終わりを告げるんですが、もはやYuliaは大役果たしてお休みに入っているかも、まー、何かの代役要員くらいはやってるかもしれないけど、今月はサンクトからアイフマンが長期興行だしね、初演のNureyevもオトコ出し物だからスルーしてました。
今は亡きRudolf Nureyev、西側に亡命したとはいえ、ロシア・バレエの素晴らしさを伝えたロシア出身で一番有名なバレエ・ダンサーとして亡くなった今でもいろいろと影響力がありますかしら。ロシアでは、猿面野郎をヌレエフに据えてドキュメンタリーもこさえたりして、ロシア国内でも何かと話題ですから。死因は、本人の希望で公式発表はなかったものの、「エイズ」関連の病で亡くなったのは、みなが知るところ。そう、もちろん彼はホモセクシュアルでしたよ、これもみなが知るところの話ですよね。もちろん、ロシアでは「同性愛は違法」ですから、ロシアでのヌレエフ・キャンペーンは、偽善的でもあったのですけれどもね～．．．。そして、この「ヌレエフ」作品は、ただでさえ「男性作品」の多いボリショイでも、さらにさらに、「男（性）色」の濃いものだったようです．．．。
ぽるおが指摘した記事には、この世界初演「Nureyev」が直前キャンセルになった事情が書いてあります：
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/09/shock-as-bolshoi-cancels-world-premiere-of-nureyev-ballet
Shock as Bolshoi cancels world premiere of Nureyev ballet
ボリショイ・バレエの「ヌレエフ」世界初演が直前キャンセルとなりショックが広がっている（記事タイトル）
Move comes after outspoken director was questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation that supporters claim is politically motivated
歯に衣着せぬ物言いで有名な演出家のセレブレニコフが、政治的色の濃い犯罪捜査中に事情聴取を受けたことによる動きの一環であり、演出家関係者は、政治的な動機によるものとコメント（副題）
（以下記事本文）
Russia’s Bolshoi theatre has announced the cancellation of next week’s world premiere of a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev, staged by an outspoken director who has been questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation.
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.
The arts thrive in Putin’s Russia – though they play a complex game of censorship
Natalia Antonova
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The ballet is based on the life story of Nureyev, the superstar dancer who defected from the Soviet Union and found new fame in the west before dying from an Aids-related illness in 1993 at age 53.
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.
One of Russia’s most innovative and successful directors, Serebrennikov has previously staged a ballet based on Mikhail Lermontov’s Hero of Our Time at the Bolshoi.
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.
The Bolshoi said the dress rehearsal scheduled for Nureyev on Monday had been cancelled and the premiere set for Tuesday has been “postponed to a later date” which was not specified.
Serebrennikov did not answer his phone on Saturday afternoon.
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The theatre’s management was set to give a press conference on Monday on the reasons for the show’s postponement.
The details of Serebrennikov’s production had been kept tightly under wraps, with even the name of the dancer performing the main role a secret, Tatiana Kuznetsova, ballet critic for the Kommersant newspaper, wrote Saturday.
She also 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.
In May Serebrennikov’s flat and the state-funded Gogol Centre theatre he heads in Moscow were raided by investigators in a probe into alleged fraud over state funding for arts.
Serebrennikov himself was questioned as a witness, while the accountant and a former director of a company he founded were arrested.
Serebrennikov’s supporters called the raid a politically motivated attack on the independence of the arts, and the Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin wrote to President Vladimir Putin to complain about the handling of the investigation.
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report
ボリショイは今季まもなく終わりを告げるんですが、もはやYuliaは大役果たしてお休みに入っているかも、まー、何かの代役要員くらいはやってるかもしれないけど、今月はサンクトからアイフマンが長期興行だしね、初演のNureyevもオトコ出し物だからスルーしてました。
今は亡きRudolf Nureyev、西側に亡命したとはいえ、ロシア・バレエの素晴らしさを伝えたロシア出身で一番有名なバレエ・ダンサーとして亡くなった今でもいろいろと影響力がありますかしら。ロシアでは、猿面野郎をヌレエフに据えてドキュメンタリーもこさえたりして、ロシア国内でも何かと話題ですから。死因は、本人の希望で公式発表はなかったものの、「エイズ」関連の病で亡くなったのは、みなが知るところ。そう、もちろん彼はホモセクシュアルでしたよ、これもみなが知るところの話ですよね。もちろん、ロシアでは「同性愛は違法」ですから、ロシアでのヌレエフ・キャンペーンは、偽善的でもあったのですけれどもね～．．．。そして、この「ヌレエフ」作品は、ただでさえ「男性作品」の多いボリショイでも、さらにさらに、「男（性）色」の濃いものだったようです．．．。
ぽるおが指摘した記事には、この世界初演「Nureyev」が直前キャンセルになった事情が書いてあります：
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jul/09/shock-as-bolshoi-cancels-world-premiere-of-nureyev-ballet
Shock as Bolshoi cancels world premiere of Nureyev ballet
ボリショイ・バレエの「ヌレエフ」世界初演が直前キャンセルとなりショックが広がっている（記事タイトル）
Move comes after outspoken director was questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation that supporters claim is politically motivated
歯に衣着せぬ物言いで有名な演出家のセレブレニコフが、政治的色の濃い犯罪捜査中に事情聴取を受けたことによる動きの一環であり、演出家関係者は、政治的な動機によるものとコメント（副題）
（以下記事本文）
Russia’s Bolshoi theatre has announced the cancellation of next week’s world premiere of a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev, staged by an outspoken director who has been questioned in a high-profile criminal investigation.
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.
The arts thrive in Putin’s Russia – though they play a complex game of censorship
Natalia Antonova
Read more
The ballet is based on the life story of Nureyev, the superstar dancer who defected from the Soviet Union and found new fame in the west before dying from an Aids-related illness in 1993 at age 53.
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.
One of Russia’s most innovative and successful directors, Serebrennikov has previously staged a ballet based on Mikhail Lermontov’s Hero of Our Time at the Bolshoi.
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.
The Bolshoi said the dress rehearsal scheduled for Nureyev on Monday had been cancelled and the premiere set for Tuesday has been “postponed to a later date” which was not specified.
Serebrennikov did not answer his phone on Saturday afternoon.
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The theatre’s management was set to give a press conference on Monday on the reasons for the show’s postponement.
The details of Serebrennikov’s production had been kept tightly under wraps, with even the name of the dancer performing the main role a secret, Tatiana Kuznetsova, ballet critic for the Kommersant newspaper, wrote Saturday.
She also 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.
In May Serebrennikov’s flat and the state-funded Gogol Centre theatre he heads in Moscow were raided by investigators in a probe into alleged fraud over state funding for arts.
Serebrennikov himself was questioned as a witness, while the accountant and a former director of a company he founded were arrested.
Serebrennikov’s supporters called the raid a politically motivated attack on the independence of the arts, and the Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin wrote to President Vladimir Putin to complain about the handling of the investigation.
Agence France-Presse contributed to this report