A dancer warms up backstage in the preparation for “The Rite of Spring,” a new Bolshoi Theater production shown during the Festival “The Age of The Rite of Spring ¿ the Age of Modernism” on the News Stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Pavel Dmitrichenko, second from left with a tattoo on his shoulder, and other dancers rest in their dressing room during an intermission at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 2009. Dmitrichenko is accused of plotting the acid attack on Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
Dancers warm up. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
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A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
The final scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Apartment,” a new Bolshoi production. (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
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A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Apartment.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
A scene from “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)
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Drenched dancers walk to the dressing room after “The Rite of Spring.” (Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times)