(CBS News) MOSCOW — It’s a tale of star-crossed lovers, murderous vengeance and betrayal — and that’s just on stage.

Behind the scenes, a real-life drama unfolded — of poisonous rivalries and cut-throat competition — among Russia’s top dancers.

Last week, 무안콜걸 it spilled out into the open, when a masked man threw a jar of acid in the face of Sergei Filin, the Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director.

Suspicion immediately fell on dancers in the company.

In the ballet-mad city of Moscow, where people are as devoted as die-hard sports fans, the attack cut like a dagger.

“This is an outrage, this is corruption and this is criminal,” says Anastasia Volochkova, who was a prima ballerina with the Bolshoi in 2003 before she was fired for being overweight.