Bolshoi Star In Legal Dispute With Theatre

By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent

One of the Bolshoi Ballet's biggest stars is considering an out-of-court settlement with the theatre's management after suing them over his right to speak to the media.

In the latest round of the famous theatre's very public troubles, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, a principal dancer and teacher at the Bolshoi, has taken legal action after claiming the company's management was trying force him out.

The 39-year-old is demanding the theatre retracts two reprimands he received after giving interviews about an acid attack on his artistic director in January.

A third reprimand could give grounds for his dismissal.

Mr Tsiskaridze's lawyer claimed his right to freedom of speech was being restricted by a company policy requiring all media statements to be approved by the Bolshoi press office.

Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin was attacked with acid in January

The case was listed for a preliminary hearing at Moscow's Tverskoy District Court on Tuesday, but a spokesperson for the Bolshoi said the theatre could agree an out-of-court settlement with the dancer if he dropped his case against them.

Mr Tsiskaridze was not in court but his lawyer, Svetlana Volodina, said: "For us the information about the possibility of an out-of-court settlement, voiced by the representative of Bolshoi, was unexpected."

"We will be asking to write in this document that all of the notices are overruled."

The dancer was questioned by police as a possible witness after the attack on Sergei Filin in Moscow on January 17.

He gave interviews shortly afterwards questioning whether acid had really been used, and comparing the theatre's atmosphere to Stalin-era purges. 

Mr Filin is still being treated in Germany where surgeons are attempting to restore as much of his sight as possible. He has said he is determined to return to his job at the theatre.

Pavel Dmitrichenko, a leading soloist at the Bolshoi, has been charged with organising the attack on Mr Filin and paying two men to carry it out.

He was filmed last month apparently confessing to masterminding the assault, although he has since denied he agreed to acid being used.

Around 300 of Dmitrichenko's fellow performers at the theatre have signed a letter insisting that he could not be responsible and urging President Vladimir Putin to order a new investigation.

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