STM refuses to display Grands Ballets' poster in métros
A poster promoting Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal’s season-opening performance has been banned from the city’s métro system.
The provocative image of dancer Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya striking a pose, covered in blood with a nail through her foot, was chosen to advertise the company’s performance of Stabat Mater, set to a score by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
The poster has been refused on the grounds that it could incite violence, according to the Soc
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