Russian ballerina Diana Vishneva is beauty in motion
Diana Vishneva and Desmond Richardson dance in Dwight Rhoden’s “Three Point Turn” at the Orange County Performing Artscenter earlier this year. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Vishneva employed a mirrored platform in the second portion of the playful “F.L.O.W. (For Love of Women),” one of three works created for her, at Orange County Performing Artcenter. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Diana Vishneva, in “The Moola Mantra,” wore a silver gown and a ring of long beaded strands that she whirled in a changing aura reflecting and magnifying her energy. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Diana Vishneva with Mikhail Lobukhin, left, and Alexander Sergeev in Act 1 of their performance of “Pierrot Lunaire” at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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From left, Maria Shevyakova, Diana Vishneva and Ekaterina Ivannikova in the program “Diana Vishneva: Beauty in Motion” at the Orange County Performing Artscenter. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)