Amid Turmoil, an American 'Prince' Returns to Russia

Name: Amid Turmoil, an American 'Prince' Returns to Russia
Uploaded: 2013-07-02T00:29:34Z
Duration: P412S
Description: Ballet star David Hallberg returns to the stage of the famed Bolshoi theatre in Moscow this summer for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director, Sergei Filin, badly burned and nearly blind last January. Hallberg became the first American principal dancer at the historically insular company in 2011.

Clip: 06/27/2013 | 6m 52s

Ballet star David Hallberg returns to the stage of the famed Bolshoi theatre in Moscow this summer for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director, Sergei Filin, badly burned and nearly blind last January. Hallberg became the first American principal dancer at the historically insular company in 2011.

Aired: 06/27/13

Rating: NR

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Amid Turmoil, an American 'Prince' Returns to Russia

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