ABT LISTS L.A. CASTING : ABT ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR L.A. PERFORMANCES

Artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov is scheduled to dance six performances of four ballets during the March 4-23 American Ballet Theatre season in Shrine Auditorium.

However, because of a knee injury, Baryshnikov canceled his appearance in the world premiere of Kenneth MacMillan’s “Requiem” in Chicago this week and a spokesman for Ballet Theatre could say only that it is hoped Baryshnikov will be able to meet his Los Angeles commitments as planned.

Besides “Requiem,” the Los Angeles season’s highlights include a revival of Antony Tudor’s “Dim Lustre” and the local premiere of David Gordon’s “Murder.” Alessandra Ferri will dance Giselle and Juliet for the first time locally and is also scheduled for the opening-night “Requiem.”

Missing this season from the lineup of principals are Robert La Fosse (on a year’s leave of absence) and Victor Barbee (now on Broadway in “Song and Dance”).

Announced casting for the season (as always, subject to change without notice) is listed below.

March 4: “La Bayadere,” Act 2 (Petipa/Minkus)--Martine van Hamel, Kevin McKenzie; “Requiem” (MacMillan/Webber) Ferri, Baryshnikov; pas de deux--Cynthia Gregory, Patrick Bissell; “Bourree Fantasque” (Balanchine/Chabrier)--Susan Jaffe, Clark Tippet, Leslie Browne, Johan Renvall.

March 5: “La Bayadere,” Act 2--Marianna Tcherkassky, Danilo Radojevic; “Murder” (Gordon/Berlioz)--Baryshnikov; “Bourree Fantasque”--Browne, Ross Stretton, Carla Stallings, Gil Boggs.

March 6--9, “Giselle” (Baryshnikov/Adam): Thur.--Ferri, Baryshnikov, Van Hamel; Fri.--Gregory, Stretton, Stallings; Sat. mat.--Cynthia Harvey, Bissell, Browne; Sat. eve.--Tcherkassky, McKenzie, Nora Kimball; Sun. mat.--Ferri, Baryshnikov, Van Hamel; Sun. eve.--Harvey, Bissell, Browne.

March 11: “Symphonie Concertante” (Balanchine/Mozart)--Van Hamel, Gregory, Bissell; “Murder”--Baryshnikov; “Push Comes to Shove” (Tharp/Haydn and Lamb)--Boggs, Tcherkassky, Jaffe.

March 12: “Symphonie Concertante”--Jaffe, Harvey, Stretton; “Requiem”--to be announced; pas de deux--Gregory, Bissell; “Push Comes to Shove”--Radojevic, Tcherkassky, Jaffe.

March 13--16, “Romeo and Juliet” (MacMillan/Prokofiev): Thur.--Ferri, McKenzie; Fri.--Browne, Stretton; Sat. mat.--Amanda McKerrow, John Turjoman; Sat. eve.--Tcherkassky, Robert Hill; Sun. mat.--Ferri, McKenzie; Sun. eve.--Jaffe, Bissell.

March 18: “Swan Lake,” Act 2 (Ivanov/Tchaikovsky)--Bonnie Moore, Baryshnikov; “Dim Lustre” (Tudor/Strauss)--Jaffe, McKenzie; “Theme and Variations” (Balanchine/ Tchaikovsky)--Harvey, Stretton.

March 19: “Swan Lake,” Act 2--Van Hamel, Bissell; “Dim Lustre”--Jaffe, McKenzie; “Theme and Variations”--Cheryl Yeager, Peter Fonseca.

March 20-23, “Don Quixote” (Baryshnikov and Petipa/Minkus): Thur.--Van Hamel, McKenzie; Fri.--Gregory, Stretton; Sat. mat.--Yeager, Radojevic; Sat. eve.--Harvey, McKenzie; Sun. mat.--Deirdre Carberry, Bissell.

Evening performances are at 8, matinees at 2.