Russia's ballet wars: dancers in the dock
Last week a Bolshoi dancer confessed to ordering a vicious attack on the company's director. His colleagues aren't convinced. Judith Mackrell reports from St Petersburg on the in-fighting and scandals dogging the national art formOn 17 January, a masked assailant threw sulphuric acid into the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin " an attack so violent it made news around the world. The ca…