The Bolshoi Theater will show the ballet “Master and Margarita” instead of Kirill Serebrennikov’s previously announced ballet “Hero of Our Time”. This was reported on the theater’s official Telegram channel.
The reason for the replacement of Serebrennikov’s performance in the theater was not specified. “A Hero of Our Time” disappeared from the poster on the Bolshoi Theater website. The performance would be shown on May 5, 6 and 7.
The ballet “Master and Margarita” will be shown instead of the ballet “Hero of Our Time”, which was announced on May 5, 6 and 7.
The ballet A Hero of Our Time disappeared from the Bolshoi Theater’s repertoire in the spring of 2022. Soon another ballet by Serebrennikov, Nureyev, disappeared from the poster. Separately, these productions were not reported to have disappeared from the repertoire.
14 March 2023 recognizedThat the Bolshoi Theater returned the ballet “A Hero of Our Time” to the program. There was no author’s name on the poster.
The ballet was choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, music by Ilya Demutsky and libretto by Kirill Serebrennikov. In 2016, A Hero of Our Time received three nominations for the Golden Mask Award.
In March 2022, Serebrennikov left Russia for France. The director openly opposed Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.