Sometimes you hear a news that is difficult to believe. Just heard some minutes ago, confirmed by Igor Kolb, that Sergei Vikharev died. He had a lively, boyish personality.   https://www.facebook.com/igor.kolb An excellent Mariinsky dancer whose dancing in “La vivandiere” in London in 1988 remains in my memory as one of the highlights of that tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNyp-WPV-aM as well as his meticulously researched and reconstructed ballets by Petipa. Mariinsky Ball