A Bolshoi star dancer and two other men were today convicted of an acid attack on the ballet’s director that exposed vicious backstage bickering and intrigue at the renowned theatre.

The Bolshoi ballet dancer accused of ordering an acid attack on the company’s artistic director has pleaded not guilty in a court appearance.

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.

Russian police have arrested three men, including a star dancer, over the acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet.