Ballet dancer pavel dmitrichenko confession

Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two accomplices have confessed to an acid attack on the company's artistic director.

A Russian dancer has confessed to attacking the artistic director of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet with sulphuric acid, Moscow police have said.

Pavel Dmitrichenko, a dancer at the Bolshoi ballet, has confessed to ordering an acid attack on its director, reportedly motivated by his desire to avenge his.

A Bolshoi Ballet dancer accused over an attack on artistic director Sergei Filin has told a court he did not mean for him to be splashed with acid.

In Russia, a prominent dancer with the fabled Bolshoi Ballet has confessed to ordering an attack on the company's director.

Pavel Dmitrichenko, a dancer at the Bolshoi ballet, has confessed to ordering an acid attack on its director, reportedly motivated by his desire to avenge his..

Russian ballet star confesses he agreed to attack

Pale and haggard after hours of questioning, a leading Bolshoi dancer told a Moscow court that he gave his blessing to an attack on the ballet&#;s artistic director but never imagined that the assailant would go as far as to throw acid in his face.

The arrest and confessions of Pavel Dmitrichenko, who danced the parts of both heroes and villains in the Bolshoi&#;s famed classical ballets, has dealt a painful blow to the theater&#;s reputation and left many members of the company bewildered and incredulous.

Sergei Filin, 42, suffered severe burns to his face and eyes in the Jan.

17 attack. He has undergone a series of operations aimed at saving his sight.

The year-old Dmitrichenko said his conflict with Filin was focused on the distribution of salaries and other financial issues, but speculation was rife about other possible reasons for the attack.

Some claimed that the dancer wanted to take revenge for his ballerina girlfriend