The Bolshoi Theatre's artistic director has been hospitalised with third-degree burns and may lose his eyesight following an acid attack by a masked man in Moscow.
Sergei Filin, 43, was attacked as he got out of his car outside his home, according to Arkady Bashirov, a spokesperson for the city police.
Filin, who is currently being treated at a burns unit in Moscow, secured the highly coveted artistic director position in March 2011 after dancing at the Bolshoi for 18 years.
But in recent weeks, he has been plagued with anonymous threats, which colleagues have said may be due to jealousy from those who lost out on the position.
The theater's general director, Anatoly Iksanov told Russian TV's Channel One that Filin's mobile phone and personal email account were hacked and personal messages were published in an attempt to discredit him.
An insulting Facebook page was also created in the former dancer's name and his tyres were slashed.
Happier times: Filin with the cast of a Bolshoi's production Katerina Novikova, the theatre's press secretary, told Russian TV's Channel One: "Sergei was constantly receiving threats after he took up this post and his predecessors were under attack before him."
Prior to the attack, Filin was offered a bodyguard by a relative, however his assistant said he turned it down assuming that the threats would not turn violent.
But Filin grew more concerned and on the day of the attack he told Iksanov: "I have a feeling that I am on the front line."
A theatre official has said that Filin is likely to be sent overseas for treatment and his recovery may take up to six months.
Since the Bolshoi Theatre's long-standing artistic director Yuri Grigorovich left in 1995 after 30 years, filling the position has proven difficult.
Filin dances during a Bolshoi production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Five artistic directors have been appointed in the last 15 years, of which, one has been fired, two have had their contracts not renewed and one is rumoured to have been pressurised into resigning.
Alexei Ratmansky, the Bolshoi's artistic director from 2004 until 2008, posted on his Facebook page: "The Bolshoi has many ills.
"It's a disgusting cesspool, of those developing friendships with the artists, the speculators and scalpers, the half-crazy fans, ready to bite the throats of the rivals of their favourites, the cynical hackers, the lies in the press and the scandalous interviews of staff."
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