03 May 1990
Boston Ballet presented a historic American and Soviet production of Konstantin Sergeyev's staging of Swan Lake featuring principal dancers from the Boston, Kirov, and Bolshoi Ballet Companies. Sergeyev and his wife, Natalia Dudinskaya, came to Boston to stage the piece with assistance from Anna-Marie Holmes. Joining Boston Ballet were dancers from the Bolshoi, Nina Ananiashvili, and Alexei Fadeyechev; and from the Kirov, Aleksandr Lunev, Yulia Makhalina, Tatyana Terekhova, and Konstantin Zaklinsky. The "Glastnost Swan Lake" was picked up by news outlets across the US, from New York to LA. Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times stated the production was, "A huge risk and the most imaginative project to come down the ballet pike in a decade, Boston Ballet's new Swan Lake...is a fabulous production and a major success".
Aleksandr Lunev of the Kirov with Boston Ballet dancers Adriana Suarez and Jennifer Gelfand
Photo by Jaye R. Phillips
Boston Ballet Archives