Choreographer Calls BBC Reversal ‘Silly’ And ‘Dangerous’

A Javier de Frutos work, whose “deformed pope, pregnant nuns and wild sex” ignited controversy at its London premiere, was set for broadcast, in a pre-watershed slot, until the BBC changed its mind. The choreographer “is angry at the ‘naivety’ of the BBC for assuming that ‘they could broadcast it before the watershed just because it was ballet.'”