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A Stellar Principal Cast in La Bayadère at the Mariinsky Theatre

By Janet Ward, 09 June 2016
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“a stellar cast”
Reviewed at Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg on 7 June 2016
Programme
La Bayadère (Marius Petipa, Konstantin Sergeyev)
Performers
Mariinsky Ballet
Valery Ovsyanikov, Conductor
Diana Vishneva, Dancer
Viktoria Tereshkina, Dancer
Kimin Kim, Dancer
Philippe Styopin, Dancer
Svetlana Ivanova, Dancer
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Janet Ward
Janet Ward
A former research scientist and policy analyst, Janet Ward is a writer/editor. For the past 50 years, she has been attending ballet performances, with a particular focus on Russian companies, which she has travelled far and wide to see. She is currently working on a book about the Bolshoi Ballet.