The dancer, Sergei Polunin, was to play the title role in a ballet show that was originally scheduled for 2019, and was repeatedly postponed due to the Corona pandemic.
What did the theater say?
The “Archimboldi” theater in Milan announced on its website the cancellation of the Polonin show, scheduled for January 28 and 29, due to the “online campaign and social media”.
• The theater said that the cancellation represents an act of “political and moral responsibility,” given the “climate of tensions and threats.”
• A spokeswoman explained that the theater was subjected to an email campaign, in addition to a lot of negative messages online.
Polunin is one of the most prominent names in the world of dance, and he is Ukrainian by birth, but he obtained Russian citizenship in 2018.
During a tour of Uzbekistan in September, Polunin performed in Russian military uniform, which drew a rebuke from the Uzbek authorities, who said he had broken an agreed program.
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