I'm not great with faces, but pictures from the Hermitage performance of the VBA graduation performances are out and this is what I can recognise of the casting:
Classical Symphony: Irina Sukhanova as lead for Suite 2. No pictures of the other suites yet.
Children's Pas de Deux: I don't know who it is, but she's in a lilac leotard, so she's in the middle grades, 3-5.
Ballades: I could be wrong, but I think it's Irina Sukhanova again, along with Daria Prudnikova having solo roles.
Don Quixote: Daria Pankova is Kitri. Ilona Rikhter is Cupid. I cannot recognise Queen of Dryads to save my life, she's too far from the camera. Based on the pictures, the suite comprises at least the Dream Scene as well as the Act 3 PDD.
There are also character dances which I cannot place - it doesn't look like anything from any act of DQ, but I guess we'll find out? I think the character lead looks like Veronika Zhupakova. One of the character demi-soloists looks like Kamilla Knysheva.
There are two girls in long character skirts who could be the Flower Girls, if this DQ suite includes them. They look vaguely like Yasmina Aziz and Natasha Furman, but it's difficult to tell because their faces are tilted up in the only picture. I don't see those two anywhere else.
Again, I'm quite bad with faces so please someone look at the pictures VBA posted on Telegram and fact check me :)
Thanks, Anon!! Putting this out there for the hive mind to help.
📸: Andrey Lushpa via Vaganova TG account












