NPR: Sergei Filin https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=169701122 Sergei Filin en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:52:12 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Sergei Filin https://www.npr.org/tags/169701122/sergei-filin Bolshoi Dancer Jailed For Acid Attack Reportedly Returns For Practice Pavel Dmitrichenko is back, just in practice rooms. Nearly four years ago, a Russian court convicted him in a shocking acid attack against the Ballet's then-artistic director Sergei Filin. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:26:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/03/500567324/bolshoi-dancer-jailed-for-acid-attack-reportedly-returns-for-practice https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/03/500567324/bolshoi-dancer-jailed-for-acid-attack-reportedly-returns-for-practice Pavel Dmitrichenko is back, just in practice rooms. Nearly four years ago, a Russian court convicted him in a shocking acid attack against the Ballet's then-artistic director Sergei Filin.

]]> Merrit Kennedy Acid Thrown In Face Of Bolshoi Ballet's Artistic Director; He May Lose Sight Sergei Filin may have been attacked by someone who is angry about which dancers he has chosen for starring roles, his family and colleagues tell news outlets. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:47:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/18/169699619/acid-thrown-in-face-of-bolshoi-ballets-artistic-director-he-may-lose-sight https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/18/169699619/acid-thrown-in-face-of-bolshoi-ballets-artistic-director-he-may-lose-sight

Sergei Filin may have been attacked by someone who is angry about which dancers he has chosen for starring roles, his family and colleagues tell news outlets.

(Image credit: Yuri Kadobnov)

]]> Mark Memmott