
**FILE** Sergei Filin (center) poses Sept. 20, 2011, with members of the Bolshoi Theater company involved in the Sleeping Beauty ballet after a rehearsal at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. (Associated Press)

In this video grab provided by RenTV via APTN, artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin gestures in a hospital in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, where he is being treated. Filin, a 42-year-old former Bolshoi star, said a man threw the acid into his face late Thursday near the gate of his apartment building in central Moscow. (AP Photo/RenTV) TV OUT

**FILE** Sergei Filin (center) poses Sept. 20, 2011, with members of the Bolshoi Theater company involved in the Sleeping Beauty ballet after a rehearsal at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Sergei Filin (center) poses Sept. 20, 2011, with members of the Bolshoi Theater company involved in the Sleeping Beauty ballet after a rehearsal at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. (Associated Press)