A star Russian ballet dancer at the famed Bolshoi Theatre has confessed to an acid attack on the outfit’s ballet chief, police said today.

A suspect has been arrested by police investigating an acid attack on the artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre.

After years of reconstruction amid accusations of embezzlement and fraud, Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre is ready to reopen in its tsarist-era, violin-shaped form.

The Bolshoi Theatre’s move to sack one of its leading ballerinas set the Russian media dancing with reports today about her weight, height and ambitions.