I for one do not find Alina Somova a "dread". She created lot of excitement and lot of people were cheering and throwing flowers at her. For me she and her partner Leonid Sarafanov were the highlight of the tour. Diana Vishneva did not quite rise to the occasion in Don Quixote pas de deux and The Swan, well, it's the Swan.

I hope it won't be six years before wee see this magnificent company and its talented young artists in our city again.