Nadezhda Batoeva, portraying a friend of the prince, performs in “Swan Lake” by the Mariinsky Ballet at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Nadezhda Batoeva, left, Alexey Popov and Maria Shirinkina. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Vladimir Schklyarov is Prince Siegfried and Oxana Skorik is Odette, Queen of Swans. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Vladimir Schklyarov and Oxana Skorik (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Oxana Skorik (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Vladimir Schklyarov (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
