Vishneva bows out of shows

Kirov Ballet star Diana Vishneva has canceled her dates with the four “Kings of the Dance,” Feb. 16-19 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. She will be replaced by Tamiyo Kusakari, a principal dancer with Tokyo’s Asami Maki Ballet.

According to OCPAC, Vishneva has a scheduling conflict because of rehearsals for “Ondine,” which she will dance on the opening night of the Mariinsky Theatre’s sixth International Ballet Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 6.

The center says choreographer Roland Petit chose Kusakari to dance his “Le Jeune Homme et la Mort” with a different “king” -- Angel Corella, Ethan Stiefel, Johan Kobborg or Nikolay Tsiskaridze -- each night of the run.

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-- Chris Pasles