It opened a window into bitter infighting and rivalries inside the Bolshoi theatre, shocking Russians, correspondents say.
While the final act must still play out in a Russian courtroom, the story opens in the nearly two-century-old Bolshoi Theatre.
On Friday, after visiting Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre and the Illuzion cinema, Mr Depardieu said he was very familiar with Russian culture.
Bolshoi theatre staff - including dancers as well as choir, orchestra and stage members - said Mr Dmitrichenko's confession had seemed forced.
The projects have ranged from strange data systems for the Russian military to a new, overpriced Web site for the Bolshoi Theatre.
"Threats against people who worked and still work at the Bolshoi Theatre began long ago, two years ago, " she said on state TV.
Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has appointed a former prima ballerina as a temporary replacement for its artistic director who is recovering from an acid attack.
The manager of the Bolshoi Theatre has sparred in a Russian magazine with a star dancer following the acid attack on artistic director Sergei Filin.
Ms Volochkova, who used to enjoy the spotlight as a former Bolshoi Theatre prima ballerina, joined Russia's ruling party in 2003 along with a host of cinema, sports and showbusiness celebrities.
The incident is widely assumed to have taken to a new level the infighting and rivalries that the Bolshoi theatre has become notorious for - and has shocked people in Russia.
The city is also bursting with creative energy, from the reopening of the Bolshoi Theatre after a six-year renovation to the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, an art-scene monster paid for and created by Dasha Zhukova and her boyfriend, the oligarch Roman Abramovich, who are part of the new Russian elite.
Once overshadowed by her powerful and ambitious husband who has now been shipped off as an ambassador to Vienna she has grown from a shy woman barely audible when speaking in public to the self-confident chairman of the Khabar media group, the head of Kazakhstan's journalism association and a publicly acclaimed singer, who recently performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
The Bolshoi ballet confirmed the staffing changes, saying "The theatre's general director Anatoly Iksanov appointed Yan Godovsky to the position of the ballet troupe director yesterday, after Yanin filed for voluntary leave".
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