Tag: Nikolai Tsiskaridze
'Scandal-Prone Bolshoi Theater Announces New Music Director, Tugan Sokhiev
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'Bolshoi Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko Sentenced to Six High-Security Years for Acid Attack on Director Sergei Filin
Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was sentenced to six years in a high-security prison on Tuesday for ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and tarnished the reputation of the renowned theatre. A judge announced the sentence after convicting Dmitrichenko and two co-defendants of the attack on Sergei Filin last January, which exposed poisonous rivalries over roles, money and power at one of Russia's most prominent cultural institutions. -
'Bolshoi's Nikolai Tsiskaridze Admits Director Sergei Filin Denied Roles to Acid-Attacking Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko
This Bolshoi veteran says the accused dancer was, in fact, robbed of a "brilliant career."