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Lunkina, the Bolshoi ballerina who officially joined the National Ballet at the beginning of the reason after decamping from Russia for personal reasons, was the most animated Aurora seen during the week. She danced with her eyes as well as with her head, arms, torso and amazingly articulate feet. Her limpid port de bras and épaulement, or harmonious use of the upper body, went a long way in making her Aurora appear especially radiant. With so much brilliance illuminating the stage, how could The Sleeping Beauty fail to sparkle?

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Chasing Shadows, the short film featured above, is arguably what happens when you put Svetlana Lunkina, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, and Anastasia Adani, creative director of A Plus Creative studio in Toronto, in the same room together. Plus a handful of the industry’s finest, of course. Wanting to cast the former Bolshoi Ballet principal in a different light, Ms. Adani sought the counsel of her artist-father, Alexander Perebatov and surrealism became the order of the day. Drop the tulle; bring on the PVC.

Svetlana Lunkina performed recently in Guillaume Côté’s new ballet based on Sartre’s text, “Being and Nothingness,” in a stirring role—the living room carpet doesn’t quite look the same. This year marks Ms. Lunkina’s first full season as a principal with the National Ballet, and having performed in ballets as diverse as Wayne McGregor’s “Chroma,” Alexei Ratmansky’s “Shostakovich Trilogy” and Christopher Wheeldon’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” she makes a plaything of expectations; she is the ballerina redefined.

Justice prevailed!

I am happy to announce that my husband, Vladislav Moskalev, has won his Toronto (Canada) court case, therefore defeating the group of extremely influential people from Moscow (Russia), who blackmailed and tormented our family for the last two years.

Thus it has been concluded beyond the reasonable doubt that all legal claims to Mr. Moskalev have been fabricated and falsified in Moscow.