So 29-year-old Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko will go to prison for six years, and his career obviously ends here. His biography has been taken down from the company’s website and soon his picture will disappear from the ‘leading soloists’ page. What a lot of damage he’s caused: to himself, the international reputation of the Bolshoi company and […]
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Meanwhile in Russia… Vaganova & Bolshoi latest
The Russian Ministry of Culture announced this morning that there would be an external inspection of the organisation of St Petersburg’s Vaganova Ballet Academy. It will examine the economic and educational structure for irregularities after “”the emergence of numerous items in the media, which refer to procedural violations at the Vaganova Academy”. Though, bizarrely, the Ministry […]
Sergei Filin appears in court & Dmitrichenko says he’s sorry
Sergei Filin, director of the Bolshoi Ballet Company, appeared in court today in Moscow to give evidence in the acid attack case, supposedly instigated by Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko. Filin said that he couldn’t forgive the perpetrators who almost blinded him. Dmitrichenko apologised to him, saying that it wasn’t his attention to hurt him, but […]
Dmitrichenko pleads not guilty in the first day of Bolshoi acid attack case
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 […]
Bolshoi dancer beaten up by police
Pavel Dmitrichenko, the Bolshoi Soloist accused of organising the attack on the company’s director, Sergei Filin, was beaten up by masked police as he was taken back to prison following a pre-trial hearing. According to Izvestia, he was beaten by three police officers without apparent reason. Dmitrichenko was handcuffed, but they held him against a wall […]
Bolshoi soloist’s pretrial detention extended in acid attack case
Pavel Dmitrichenko, the Bolshoi dancer imprisoned on suspicion of instigating the acid attack against artistic director Sergei Filin, said he denied planning the assault during an audience in Moscow yesterday. He told the court that he’d told his ‘accomplice’ Yury Zarutsky, to hit Filin, but nothing more. I did not imagine that this person [Zarutsky] […]
New director of the Bolshoi Theatre: I do not plan a revolution
Anatoly Iksanov has retired as director of the Bolshoi Theatre. His contract finishes in 2014 but he has retired early, or been sacked, according to different Russian news agencies. His successor Vladimir Urin, who since 1995 has headed the Musical Theater of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, said at yesterday’s press conference that he initially refused the […]
Jailed Bolshoi dancer’s girlfriend defends him on Russian tv: He’s a wonderful man
Anzhelina Vorontsova, girlfriend of jailed Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, has gone on Russian television and spoken for the first time in public of the acid attack on Bolshoi director Sergei Filin. The attack was supposedly instigated by Dmitrichenko, angry because Filin was not giving Vorontsova the roles he felt she deserved. Yet it was Filin who gave Vorontsova […]
Pavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers to contest the forensic results of acid attack
Pavel Dmitrichenko’s lawyers will contest the forensic results that show that the acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet chief Sergei Filin caused grievous bodily harm. Dmitrichenko, who is in jail, is accused of instigating the assault on Filin in January. Lawyer Violetta Volkova said that the seriousness of the effects of the attack would be an important factor in sentencing if […]
Jailed Bolshoi dancer Dmitrichenko is refused bail
Bolshoi soloist Paul Dmitrichenko in court today announced his intention to seek justice; he is accused of causing grievous bodily harm, instigating the acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director Sergei Filin. ITAR-TASS reported from court that Dmitrichenko will stay in custody at least until 18 June, even though a petition signed by 155 Bolshoi staff […]
