The Mariinsky (formerly Kirov) Ballet's transfixing, remarkably self-possessed dancers are among the best in the world, and the Lincoln Center Festival has them leaping into New York for the first time in nearly a decade. The repertoire matches the occasion, with two Alexei Ratmansky premieres exploring the dual nature of Soviet art: dark psychological depths (and that grim railway-related ending) in Anna Karenina (starring the hauntingly delicate Diana Vishneva) and wry farce in the fairy tale The Little Humpbacked Horse.
MORE TODAY: