Russian ballet director has plastic surgery, may lose sight on acid attack
The Bolshoi ballet's artistic director underwent plastic surgery on Tuesday after being splashed in the face with acid in a horrific attack that he fears could leave him blind.
Doctors at a Moscow hospital said Sergei Filin remained in a stable condition following the attack by a hooded assailant in a parking lot outside his home on Thursday night.
The 42-year-old blamed the incident on a heated rivalry at one of the world's top ballet companies and said what he most feared now was permanently losing his sight. ‘My eyes worry me the most,’ Filin told the popular Komsomolskaya Pravda daily. The ballet director added that he can now barely see anything other than light and shade.
‘Sometimes I get to see all the fingers on my hand,’ Filin said. ‘This fills me with optimism and hope.’
Doctors said on Monday they hoped to save Filin's vision in at least one eye but ruled out the possibility of his travelling abroad for treatment because of his weakened state.
The incident has shocked the global artistic community and brought to light the simmering and often bitter rivalries between the stars at the venerable 237-year-old theatre.
Doctors at a Moscow hospital said Sergei Filin remained in a stable condition following the attack by a hooded assailant in a parking lot outside his home on Thursday night.
The 42-year-old blamed the incident on a heated rivalry at one of the world's top ballet companies and said what he most feared now was permanently losing his sight. ‘My eyes worry me the most,’ Filin told the popular Komsomolskaya Pravda daily. The ballet director added that he can now barely see anything other than light and shade.
‘Sometimes I get to see all the fingers on my hand,’ Filin said. ‘This fills me with optimism and hope.’
Doctors said on Monday they hoped to save Filin's vision in at least one eye but ruled out the possibility of his travelling abroad for treatment because of his weakened state.
The incident has shocked the global artistic community and brought to light the simmering and often bitter rivalries between the stars at the venerable 237-year-old theatre.