Posted on 01/18/2013 6:56:42 AM PST by PilotDave
A masked assailant threw acid at the artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theater ballet troupe, an attack that Bolshoi representatives said may cause him to lose his eyesight and appeared to be linked to power struggles at the famed ballet company. “What happened with Sergei Filin was not accidental,” Ratmansky, now an artist-in-residence at the American Ballet Theater, posted on his Facebook page. “The Bolshoi has many ills. It's a disgusting cesspool, of those developing friendships with the artists, the speculators and scalpers, the half-crazy fans, ready to bite the throats of the rivals of their favorites, the cynical hackers, the lies in the press and the scandalous interviews of staff.
“This is all one snowball caused by the lack of any ethics at the theater.”
(Excerpt) Read more at myrtlebeachonline.com ...
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“Gangsters had fixed the performance of Swan Lake, and bet on the swan to live.” — Woody Allen
Sergei Filin may be as much a victim of Bolshoi ballet politics as acid attack
The company’s internal dealings can be as murky and turbulent as state affairs – and Filin wouldn’t be the first artistic director to pay the price
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/jan/18/sergei-filin-bolshoi-politics-acid-attack
Acid attack on Sergei Filin lifts lid on Bolshoi
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/acid-attack-on-sergei-filin-lifts-lid-on-bolshoi/story-fnb64oi6-1226557248817
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21088764
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