Ballet at Shanghai World's Fair Cancelled Over Dedication to Tibet
Composer Pete Wyer's The Far Shore "was created for the Shanghai Expo and was to be premiered next week as the highlight of the event's 'UK National Day'. But the British Council and English National Ballet cancelled the performance after learning of the [work's] dedication [to the people of Tibet], saying … the piece had become 'a political vehicle'." The Guardian (UK) 08/31/10

Posted September 1, 2010 09:48 PM