Original Article on The New York Observer

[caption id="attachment_166931" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Diana Vishneva"] [1][/caption] Last night, the Mariinsky Ballet returned to New York for the first time in 10 years for opening night of Anna Karenina. The event was held at Lincoln Center, where, just hours earlier, the cast of Harry Potter appeared before thousands of frantic fans at the premiere of the final installment of that series. Stragglers still hoping to catch a glimpse of Harry, Ron and Hermione sat on the steps of Lincoln Center nursing their sunburns as guests made their way into the Metropolitan opera house for the ballet. Inside, the lobby of the Opera was packed. Women in elegant gowns dabbed at their glistening brows as they advanced against a sea of pe...(read more)