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?Spring? Festival as Rite of Refreshment Still reeling from an acid attack on its artistic director, the Bolshoi Ballet is preparing to look back on a drama of a different sort: a daring, and shocking, 1913 performance of ?The Rite of Spring.? Taking Ballet to New Heights In many ways, the performing arts are undergoing a quiet transformation. Six ballet directors discuss that evolution, and how they see the future of dance. Bolshoi Director Is Upbeat About His Recovery The Bolshoi Ballet?s artistic director, Sergei Filin, said at a news conference that he was on the way to a ?full recovery? almost two months after he was severely burned in an acid attack in Moscow. Bolshoi Theater Director Contends Acid Attack's Mastermind Yet to Be Found Anatoly Iksanov, the theater?s general director, told Russian television that he doesn?t believe that the mastermind behind the January acid attack on Sergei Filin, the ballet company?s artistic director, has been found. The Prince of Ballet, Leaping Onto a New World Stage David Hallberg, a principal dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow and the American Ballet Theater in New York, spans the worlds of ballet and pop culture, one step at a time. A Bolshoi Dancer Says He Condoned a Beating but Not an Acid Attack The Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko says he condoned a beating but not an acid attack on the company?s artistic director. Russian Police Say Dancer and Two Others Confess to Bolshoi Attack Pavel Dmitrichenko and two other men said they had carried out the January acid attack on the ballet company?s artistic director, Sergei Filin, according to the police. Parsing Motives in Bolshoi Attack The motive for an acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet?s artistic director may partly turn on a ballerina, Anzhelina Vorontsova, who is romantically involved with another company dancer who has confessed to involvement in the attack. Dancer Held in Acid Attack on Bolshoi Director Police officials in Moscow on Tuesday detained a dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet, Pavel Dmitrichenko, in connection with a January acid attack on the company?s artistic director. Bolshoi Ballet Considers Suing One of Its Own Bolshoi Ballet officials are considering a lawsuit after one of its dancers made public criticisms of the theater?s management.