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Ballet dancers acting badly |
2013-01-18 |
The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man threw acid in his face, police say. The attack happened late on Thursday as Mr Filin, an award-winning ballet star, was walking home in central Moscow. Doctors are now fighting to save his eyesight and Interfax news agency says he will be sent to a clinic abroad. A Bolshoi spokesman said Mr Filin, 42, had suffered months of threats. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says it is suspected that he was the victim of infighting and rows between different groups of dancers at the Bolshoi. |
Posted by:tipper |
#6 *giggle* |
Posted by: trailing wife 2013-01-18 23:16 |
#5 "Let's go Sharkss! Time to teach these brutess a lesson!" |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-01-18 16:33 |
#4 From your first Pirouette to your last Dying Swan, Your never alone, there's always someone creepy... :) |
Posted by: Shipman 2013-01-18 16:28 |
#3 "when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the wayyyy..!" |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-18 14:13 |
#2 And that's just the ballerinas . . . . |
Posted by: gorb 2013-01-18 13:40 |
#1 Infighting between groups of dancers? The Russian way--kind of like the Chicago way (except the concrete boots and a swim in Lake Michigan are missing). |
Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-18 10:34 |