those silly russians

this week's a big dance review week for me. friday, i saw compagnie jant-bi at ybc, and wednesday, christine and i are going to see the kirov's the sleeping beauty with diana vishneva as aurora at calperformances on wednesday. when i emailed them asking for press tickets, i really thought i'd get a no thanks, as last year i panned the bolshoi's screwed-up modern take on romeo and juliet, and i haven't been back since. what's cracked me up ever since that review, though, was that the bolshoi posted it on their website! why post an awful review that says you suck? anyway, calperfs is happy to have me back, and even gave me two press comps for the performance, so look for a kirov review posted sometime on thursday. if however, i post a bad review and then go MIA, don't worry. it's just the witness protection program at work. or perhaps cousin boris has come to visit.