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Translation from russian by Catherine Pawlick.

 

"Yet another article, some info duplicative as is the case with many of these."

 

Novosty 22 April 2013, 00:28

http://news.mail.ru/...ciety/11687333/

 

"Sergei Filin's eyes healing unevenly but doctors hope for the best.

 

"And most importantly - he can see.

 

"The progress is positive.

 

 

"The doctors promise that the his face will not be disfigured.

 

 

"He's eating, sleeping, meeting guests. He's a man with a sense of humor, quite active. He's a good man," the doctors smile."

 

 

http://www.ballet-da...=36624&start=15

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Congratulations to her. A wonderful dancer though we rarely had the opportunity to appreciate her talent in London, perhaps the company should consider providing her with a bodyguard though.

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Here is an article from RIA (in German) which has some statements from Sergei Filin - I cannot find the article in the english version though, so here are the key statements:

  • he thinks he should have informed all mass media before New Year's Eve about the threahts he was getting
  • he was prepared to be exposed to decrials on the internet
  • if this attack remains unsolved he will totally loose his trust in everything (anything ?)
  • he tries to keep being optimistic. Sometimes he manages to see all fingers of a hand and his left eye is quiet ok - the acid was thrown from the right side and hit the right eye harder
  • he is not scared about the impacts on his looks - what counts for him is his ability to think, to continue his work, his family and especially his sons

http://de.ria.ru/society/20130122/265367581.html

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Here is an article from RIA (in German) which has some statements from Sergei Filin - I cannot find the article in the english version though, so here are the key statements:

  • he thinks he should have informed all mass media before New Year's Eve about the threahts he was getting
  • he was prepared to be exposed to decrials on the internet
  • if this attack remains unsolved he will totally loose his trust in everything (anything ?)
  • he tries to keep being optimistic. Sometimes he manages to see all fingers of a hand and his left eye is quiet ok - the acid was thrown from the right side and hit the right eye harder
  • he is not scared about the impacts on his looks - what counts for him is his ability to think, to continue his work, his family and especially his sons

http://de.ria.ru/soc.../265367581.html

 

 

I think the English version of the article is this

 

http://themoscownews.com/local/20130122/191163104.html

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I am waiting until the culprits are caught and the true and real story can be revealed. The school and the company do have close links. When I first heard this story I was quite panicked wondering if my daughter was in a safe place. Having calmed down I realise that she is very protected whilst at the school, probably she is in no more danger than if she was in London. As my daugther progresses with her training I am begining to hear many stories about problems in lots of companies from around the world, how true this is I dont know as its always hearsay.

When we first went out to Moscow we were told to be very wary as my husband is in the RAF and that we may well be followed by various people and organisations in Russia. I was terrified, but what a load of rubbish that was. Nobody was interested in us at all. The staff at the Bolshoi are aware of my husbands job and again nobody is interested. I believe that the stories we hear are magnified tremedously by the media. My prayers go out to Sergei and his family and I really hope his sight is restored.

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New quotes from Filin from Timeslive

"The Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director told a Russian newspaper he had received threats for more than a month before a masked attacker threw acid in his face last week but his request for protection was rebuffed"

 

http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/celebrity/2013/01/23/bolshoi-director-says-asked-for-protection-after-threats

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Other than stating that police have questioned Mr Tsiskaridze and other Bolshoi staff members, something that one might say was entirely to be expected, I'm not sure that this Moscow report in the Guardian adds much to what we know:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2013/jan/25/bolshoi-acid-attack-police-question-star

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From the 'Izvestiya' newspaper:

The Moscow Chief Ophthamologist said that the treatment results are positive. On Monday, i.e.today, the eye diagnostics showed that Sergei’s eyesight at the moment is ‘decent’. After a doctors’ consilium the eye surgeons carried out another operation on his eyes. It was successful. Sergei feels well after the operation.

Later this week the doctors will hold another consilium to work out the further tactics for treatment.

http://www.newizv.ru/lenta/2013-01-28/176671-sergeju-filinu-proveli-tretju-operaciju-na-glazah.html

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There are several reports on Russian newspapers that SF has been transferred to Aachen/ Germany for further treatment. The Bolshoi could not confirm (yet ?)...

 

This is an article on a Russian newspaper containing a song Filin's middle son has recorded for his dad

http://www.vmdaily.ru/news/sin-sergeya-filina-spetsialno-zapisal-pesnyu-dlya-ottsa1359381252.html

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There are several reports on Russian newspapers that SF has been transferred to Aachen/ Germany for further treatment. The Bolshoi could not confirm (yet ?)...

 

This is an article on a Russian newspaper containing a song Filin's middle son has recorded for his dad

http://www.vmdaily.ru/news/sin-sergeya-filina-spetsialno-zapisal-pesnyu-dlya-ottsa1359381252.html

 

Correction: the reports say " will be transferred next Monday"

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From today's Links, quite stinging observations to Mark Monahan of the Telegraph on MrTsiskaridze by Anatoly Iksanov, the Bolshoi Theatre Director.  (Iksanov was introduced onstage before the start of Sunday's streaming of Bayadere and chose to be quite anodyne in his few remarks, with no mention of the Filin incident at all.)

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9835340/Anatoly-Iksanov-interview-Evil-has-entered-the-Bolshoi.html

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 (Iksanov was introduced onstage before the start of Sunday's streaming of Bayadere and chose to be quite anodyne in his few remarks, with no mention of the Filin incident at all.)

 

During the second interval the multi-lingual presenter, in connection with mentioning future cinema relays, did mention Sergei Filin, saying that he is in hospital and would be back at the theatre in due course. That was the gist of it, as I didn't quite catch the exact words, but no details of the incident were mentioned, quite understandably I think.

 

Also, in the first interval I think it was the interim Artistic Director Galina Stepanenko who is helping Filin to oversee his work for the present, being interviewed, speaking I think about the La Bayadere production. She appeared very pleasant and well-informed and a good speaker.

 

I am rather surprised that it is assumed that loss of sight would terminate Filin's career, especially given the outstanding example of Alicia Alonso of the National Ballet of Cuba who has pursued a long career as ballerina, choreographer and artistic director despite partial and worsening blindness.

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I'm getting really upset with the allegations against Tsiskaridze with the press acting as judge, jury and executioner, this German article is even worse than the rubbish I've read in the British press. Someone is really punishing him for being outspoken in the past. The idea of Nikolai Tsiskaridze stalking Filin with a jar of acid is as bizarre as picturing Bambi toting an AK-47.

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Der Spiegel has a long article (in English) that I think didn't make it into this weeks' dancelinks thread:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/jealousy-and-corruption-rumors-surround-attack-on-bolshoi-director-a-880232-2.html

If indeed various parts of this article are true, I wonder how widespread many of these things are in the business... :huh:

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Toursenlair has already posted this link, Boomer (see two postings above).  What shocked me about it was not the content - although that's bad enough - but the fact that it was Der Spiegel who had published it.  I had always thought that Spiegel was a respected and serious journal, but this article makes it seem more like a tabloid.

 

Maybe one of our German readers/contributors could place Der Spiegel more accurately for me?

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