Yes, I’ll be spending one hot summer day in one of my favorite cities — New York. If Washington D.C. had an intriguing Ballet Smackdown going between the Bolshoi and Royal Ballets, American Ballet Theatre has a Ballerina Smackdown to offer in a pair of performances Saturday in “Swan Lake” on Saturday. You might ask, “Who needs that?” But this has a glorious twist.
Michele Wiles, a young ballerina with a contemporary flair, gets the Saturday afternoon matinee along with one this past Wednesday. She’s the only  female with two performances on a roster that includes a flock of Swan Queens, including Irina Dvorovenko, Gillian Murphy, Diana Vishneva, Paloma Herrara and Veronika Part.
But that’s not all. On Saturday evening, international star Nina Ananiashvili will give her final performance at American Ballet Theatre, something that promises to have a gala atmosphere about it. Angel Corella will be her Siegfried.
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