A Bolshoi Ballet boss has renewed his attack on one of its star dancers for allegedly creating a poisonous atmosphere that led to acid being thrown at its artistic director.
Anatoly Iksanov, general director of the Bolshoi Theatre, said the attack on Sergei Filin was “the natural result of the mayhem” caused by Nikolai Tsiskaridze.
“The background that made this tragedy possible was the mud-slinging at the theatre and its staff, the constant intrigue and his certainty of his own impunity,” he told Snob magazine.
Tsiskaridze had criticised Filin, who beat him to the artistic director job, but said he had “no connection to this tragic situation, except sympathy for Sergei”.
Filin is being treated in Germany. Police have interviewed theatre staff, including Tsiskaridze.
