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Bolshoi names new ballet chief to replace acid-attacked Filin

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre on Monday announced that La Scala’s Makhar Vaziev will take over as ballet director, replacing Sergei Filin, who suffered permanent eye damage from an acid attack. “People who know the theatre, who know about ballet, both Russian and world ballet, know this name well,” the Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin said, presenting Vaziev to journalists. Vaziev was a leading male dancer in the renowned Soviet Kirov troupe

Bolshoi names new ballet chief to replace acid-attacked Filin

Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre on Monday announced that La Scala’s Makhar Vaziev will take over as ballet director, replacing Sergei Filin, who suffered permanent eye damage from an acid attack. “People who know the theatre, who know about ballet, both Russian and world ballet, know this name well,” the Bolshoi general director Vladimir Urin said, presenting Vaziev to journalists. Vaziev was a leading male dancer in the renowned Soviet Kirov troupe