Olga Smirnova

  • Dmitrichenko pleads not guilty in the first day of Bolshoi acid attack case

    ByGramilano

    The first full hearing in the case of the acid attack on artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin, was held in Moscow today, reported Izvestia. The defendants arrived with guards who were without masks. Last week Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is accused of instigating the crime, claimed to have been beaten-up by…

  • Sergei Filin returns to the Bolshoi

    ByGramilano

    Sergei Filin‘s surprise appearance at the end of the Bolshoi‘s performance of Jewels at the Royal Opera House in London was emotional for Bolshoi dancers and London audience alike. The Bolshoi’s Onegin, which premièred in Moscow last month, came about after Filin’s long negotiations with Cranko’s heir, Dieter Graefe. And so it was with Jewels,…

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