Is It Safe For David Hallberg To Dance At The Bolshoi?

In the wake of the acid attack on Sergei Filin, and considering the known hostility in some quarters there to a foreigner walking into a gig as principal, “one has to wonder if Mr. Hallberg … might be better off sticking around instead of returning to Moscow as scheduled in June.” Says Hallberg, “I’ve always had an amazingly positive experience at the Bolshoi and in Moscow. I’ve never felt unsafe.”