Bolshoi Confidential: Secrets of the Russian Ballet from the Rule of the Tsars to TodayOn a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russias most illustrious institutions into scandal. Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russias lengthy artistic legacy and to mirror its neo imperial ambitions. As renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows in his tour de