High-Stepping Nonpareil Russians
BERKELEY—The Russians serving up a palatial seven-course ballet feast in “La Bayadère:” Take a Barnum & Bailey spectacular, with oompah circus music to match, and a faux-India of snake charmers and rajahs like Hollywood’s, as ground out in 1920s silent flicks. Add arguably the finest dancers in the world, with a depth of ensemble to rival the Vienna Philharmonic or the New England Patriots. There you have the invincible Mariinsky Ballet out of St. Petersburg, Russia, playing here this week….