Sergei Filin

Sergei Filin

Sergei Filin, 2011
Born Sergei Yurevitch Filin
Серге́й Юрьевич Фи́лин
(1970-10-27) October 27, 1970
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation Artistic Director, Bolshoi Ballet
Years active 1988–2016
Website Official website
Current group Bolshoi Ballet Company
Former groups Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre

Sergei Yurevitch Filin (Russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Фи́лин; born October 27, 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former Ballet Director (actual title) of the Bolshoi Theater, a position he assumed in 2011. His contract will not be renewed when it ends March 2016. [1]

He is the former artistic director of the ballet at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, serving in this capacity from 2008 to 2011.

Ballet career

Filin was born in Moscow. He started dancing at age seven at the children's ensemble V. Lokteva of folk dances. At this time, he appeared with Oleg Popov in the film The Sun in the Bag. At the age of nine, he was accepted into the Moscow Choreographic Institute. In 1988, he joined the Corps de Ballet of the Bolshoi Ballet Company in Moscow.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of principal with the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 1990.[3] He was also a principal dancer with the State Ballet of Georgia and guest soloist with the Vienna State Opera.[2] His dance partners have included Galina Stepanenko, Nina Ananiashvili, Svetlana Lunkina, Maria Alexandrova, Svetlana Zakharova, and Natalia Osipova.[4]

Among his repertoire, Filin danced as Colas in La Fille Mal Gardée, the Teacher in The Lesson, and as Classical Dancer in The Bright Stream, a role for which he received the prestigious award Golden Mask.[5]

In December 2004, Filin suffered a severe injury while performing on stage at the Bolshoi Theatre. This incident put his career on hold for several months, before returning to the dance scene in the second half of the following year.[6]

On March 18, 2011, he was appointed to serve as the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.[1] In this capacity, he has led the Bolshoi Ballet Tours in Paris,[7] Japan [8] and North America.[9]

Acid attack

On January 17, 2013, Filin was attacked with acid by an unknown assailant, who cornered him outside of his home in Moscow. He suffered third-degree burns to his face and neck. While it was initially reported that he was in danger of losing his eyesight, his physicians stated on January 21, 2013, that he would retain eyesight in one eye.[10]

A confession to the attack was made by a man named Yury Zarutsky on March 5, 2013. He stated that Bolshoi Ballet Company dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko had hired both him and another man called Andrei Lipatov to attack Filin. According to Zarutsky, Lipatov drove him to Filin's home where he threw the acid in Filin's face. Following the confession, a spokesman from the Russian Interior Ministry stated that investigators considered the case closed.[11][12] By March 7, all three men confessed to the crime. Dmitrichenko confessed to arranging the attack, but maintained that he had not instructed the two men to use acid.[11]

The attack came after a lengthy period of infighting and rows within the Bolshoi Ballet Company.[13] Various motives have been presented by Russian police officials, primarily focusing on "personal hostile relations linked to their professional activities".[11] Russia's television news and tabloid journalists surmised that Dmitrichenko was angry when Filin cast roles for the company's performance of Russian composer Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. When casting the lead role, it is believed that Dmitrichenko became upset when Filin chose another dancer rather than Dmitrichenko's girlfriend, ballerina Anzhelina Vorontsova to portray Princess Odette, also known as the Swan Queen. While offering this scenario as a possible motive for the attack, journalists have made comparisons to the 2010 psychological thriller and horror film Black Swan.[11]

Dmitrichenko stated during a bail hearing that he was frustrated with the inequitable and "unjust" allocation of funds distributed to dancers in the company. When he voiced his frustration, Zarutsky suggested that they "beat up" Filin.[11] In the courtroom, the judge questioned Dmitrichenko whether or not he would like to apologize to Filin. Dmitrichenko defiantly responded with "For what?"[11] At that point, the judge denied bail, which resulted in incarceration for six weeks, while investigators and attorneys prepared for the trial. The three men who confessed to the crime face a maximum sentence of 12 years.[11]

Roles

Principal roles
  • Love for Love – as Benedict
  • The Lesson – as Teacher
  • Romeo & Juliette – as Paris/Romeo
  • Cipollino – as Count Cherry
  • Swan Lake – as Prince Siegfried
  • Giselle – as Count Albrecht
  • The Nutcracker – as Nutcracker Prince
  • Sleeping Beauty – as Prince Désiré/Bluebird
  • La Bayadere – as Solor
  • La Sylphide – as James
  • Corsaire – as Konrad/Merchant Pas de Deux
  • The Last Tango – as Tom
  • Raymonda – as Jean de Brienne
  • Don Quixote – as Basil
  • La Fille Du Pharaon – as Lord Wilson/Taor
  • La Fille Mal Gardée – as Colas
  • The Bright Stream – as Classical Dancer
  • Leah – as Hanan
  • Cinderella – as Prince
  • Vain Precaution – as Colin
  • Love Through the Eyes of a Detective – as Leading Role
Soloist roles
  • Symphony in C
  • Dreams about Japan
  • Mozartiana
  • Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
  • Charms of Mannierism
  • Capriccio
  • Green
  • Opus X
  • Sagalobeni

Honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 Сергей Филин возглавил балетную труппу Большого театра | РИА Новости (in Russian). Rian.ru. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  2. 1 2 "Sergei Filin". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  3. ↑ Нбмеошлбс Вбмефобс Ьогйлмпредйс - Уетзек Жймйо (in Russian). Ballet.classical.ru. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  4. ↑ "Гастроли балетной труппы и оркестра в Лондоне". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  5. ↑ http://www.biograph.ru/bank/filin_su.htm Archived March 12, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ интервью Елены Рагожиной. "::New Style magazine::.. / Issue 37, July 2006". Ladies-info.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  7. ↑ lefigaro.fr. "Le Figaro - Musique : Le Bolchoï prend le Palais Garnier". Lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Bolshoi Ballet en route to Japan : Voice of Russia". :. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  9. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (2012-05-30). "‘Coppélia,' Performed by the Bolshoi Ballet". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ "Bolshoi ballet chief regaining sight after acid attack". Times LIVE. 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elder, Miriam (2013-03-07). "Bolshoi accused faces up to 12 years in prison for acid attack". The Guardian (London).
  12. ↑ Barry, Ellen (2013-03-05). "Bolshoi Dancer Held in Acid Attack on Sergei Filin". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ "Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack". BBC News. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://bolshoi.ru/en/persons/ballet/1242/

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