Desmond Richardson, Maria Shirinkina, Olga Smirnova to Perform in Stars of the 21st Century

The dancers set to perform at Stars of the 21st Century, an annual international ballet event which will take place October 18 at 7:30pm at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, have been announced.

Stars of the 21st Century has taken to the stages of Paris, Cannes, Bucharest, Panama City, New York, Toronto, and Moscow. This year marks the event’s 20th anniversary, and will highlight many new and a few extraordinary veteran dance talents from around the world.

Performers will include Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Alicia Graf Mack and Jamar Roberts; Bolshoi Ballet’s Svetlana Zakharova, Olga Smirnova, and Semyon Chudin; Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Desmond Richardson; The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet’s Maria Shirinkina and Vladimir Shklyarov; National Opera and Ballet of Ukraine’s Katerina Chebykina and Denis Matvienko; Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb and Erik Underwood; Staatsballett Berlin’s Elisa Cabrera, Nadijda Saidakova, Vladimir Malakhov, and Mikhail Kaniskin; and the Vienna State Opera Ballet’s Olga Esina and Eno Peci.

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