Bolshoi Ballet Live: The Rite of Spring. Ely Cinema (cancelled)
As you may already have read in the press, Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, was savagely assaulted near his home and his recovery may take at least 6 months. Due to this assault and the disruptions which resulted from it, the LIVE transmission of the RITE OF SPRING, scheduled on Sunday 31st at 17h (CET) is CANCELLED. This is the official press release from the Bolshoi and Wayne McGregor (the British choreographer in charge of the Rite of Spring project):
“The Directorship of the Bolshoi theatre of Russia with the production crew headed by the choreographer Wayne McGregor have come to a joint decision to postpone the production "Rite of spring" due to the fact that the artistic director of the ballet company of the Bolshoi theatre of Russia Mr.Sergei Filin is hospitalized. The date of the production will be determined after the artistic Director of the ballet returns back to the theatre”.
We, of course, deeply regret this cancellation beyond our control and the Bolshoi itself. We wish Mr Filin all our best wishes fior his recovery.
Rest of the Season. We do not expect this difficult situation to affect the planned live broadcast of ROMEO & JULIET on 12th May, this production has already been performed at the Bolshoi (as opposed to RITE OF SPRING which was a new production for the Bolshoi) so we do not expect it to be affected. Tickets for this screening will be on sale soon.