by Amy Brandt | Jul 29, 2015 | Company Life
According to a report in the New York Times, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre announced on its website today that it would not be renewing the contract of the ballet’s artistic director, Sergei Filin. Filin, whose contract is up in March 2016, made world headlines...
by Laura Cappelle | May 28, 2015 | Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. It may be a dancer’s dream to hit the headlines, but Angelina Vorontsova would rather forget the moment she did. Soon after the acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet director Sergei Filin, in January...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ballet politics turned ugly yesterday: Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin was attacked outside his home last night. A masked man threw a bottle of acid at his face. It’s been reported that Filin’s eyesight might be compromised and he will need...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
After weeks of questions, it looks like there are finally some answers as to who was behind the acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin. Last night, Russian police obtained confessions from three men, including Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko....
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
American Ballet Theatre principal David Hallberg is back in Moscow again. Although he has danced as a principal with the Bolshoi Ballet since 2011, this is the first time he’s been in Russia since the devastating acid attack on the company’s artistic...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Scandal and rivalry are nothing new for the Bolshoi Theatre. Crushed glass being placed in pointe shoes, needles being left in costumes, and even a dead cat being thrown onstage instead of flowers are just a few of the whispered rumors that have plagued the theatre...