DANCE

The Moscow Classical Ballet has announced that veteran Kirov ballerina Tatiana Terekhova will dance with the company on its first U.S. tour, which begins in El Paso, Tex., this week. The company is scheduled to dance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center next week, Oct. 4-9, and at Pasadena Civic Auditorium Oct. 11-16. The company also announced that Alla Khaniashvili-Artyushkina and her husband Vasily Artyushkin, both of the Bolshoi and scheduled as guest artists with Moscow Classical Ballet on this tour, have withdrawn to cover injuries among Bolshoi principals. The announcement came 10 days after Moscow Classical Ballet reported that Bolshoi ballerina Ekaterina Maximova was forced to cancel her appearances due to a foot injury. No casting has been released as yet, so whether Terekhova will dance Maximova’s roles is unknown.