Russian director asked to open French theatre festival despite travel ban thelocal.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thelocal.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Olga Smirnova, a Russian prima ballerina with Moscow's historic Bolshoi Ballet, has left her company to join the Dutch National Ballet over the Kremlin'
Russian theatre director says no idea why travel ban lifted expatica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from expatica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Serebrennikov is no longer under house arrest in Russia, but he s unable to travel outside the country. He was convicted of fraud in 2020 and sentenced to probation and fined for embezzlement.
The verdict was seen as a success for artistic freedom in Russia - prosecutors had sought a six-year sentence in a penal colony - and concluded a high-profile, years-long legal battle for Serebrennikov, one of Russia s most prominent theater and film directors. The case against him was protested widely throughout the Russian artistic community and internationally.
On Tuesday, Serebrennikov joined the middle of the news conference for Petrov s Flu remotely while actors and producers appearing in person flanked the monitor. He joked that during the pandemic, everyone has gotten to experience a version of his isolation.
Unable to leave Russia, director attends Cannes virtually news957.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news957.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.