Brazilian ballerina Roberta Marquez will guest at the Met as Nikiya in American Ballet Theatre's La Bayadere May 14 and 19 (mat.).
Brazilian ballerina Roberta Marquez will guest at the Met as Nikiya in American Ballet American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein, and was populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of American Ballet. Theatre's La Bayadere ba·ya·dere
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[French bayadère, from Portuguese bailadeira, dancer, from bailar, to dance, from Late Latin May 14 and 19 (mat.). Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet (bōl`shoi, bôl`–), one of the principal ballet companies of Russia; part of the Bolshoi Theater, which also includes Russia's premier opera company. principal Sveilana Zakharova dances the role May 17 and 19 (eve.)
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