A top Bolshoi Ballet star has accused bosses of trying to frame him for the horrific acid attack on its artistic director. Principal dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze claimed management were using the ...

A Moscow court yesterday partially backed a star dancer in his dispute with the Bolshoi Theatre that laid bare bitter internal divisions at the ballet company after the acid attack on artistic ...

After the acid attack on Sergei Filin, the outspoken principal dancer has been told his services are no longer required. But he's unlikely to go quietly ... Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the hugely populist ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — The Bolshoi Theater won’t renew the contract of Nikolai Tsiskaridze, a veteran principal dancer and teacher who for years has been in open conflict with managers at the celebrated ...

Scandal rocked the Bolshoi this year when its artistic director had acid thrown in his face. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the troupe's recently sacked principal dancer, tells Judith Mackrell why he thinks his ...

Dancers take part in a ballet master class by Nikolay Tsiskaridze during The World Ballet Holidays Festival in Moscow, Russia, on June 1, 2019. The World Ballet Holidays Festival is held from May 31 ...