Vishneva was to appear in Roland Petit's
Le Jeune et la Mort opposite the four star male dancers for whom the event is named: Angel Corella of American Ballet Theatre, Johan Kobborg of the Royal Ballet, Ethan Stiefel of American Ballet Theatre, and Nikolay Tsiskaridze of the Bolshoi Ballet. Tamiyo Kusakari, a principal dancer with Japan's Asami Maki Ballet, will replace her.
The performances, which also include new works by Christopher Wheeldon, Stanton Welch, and other choreographers, run February 16-19 at OPAC and February 23-26 at City Center.
According to a spokesman for OPAC, the performances conflicted with Vishneva's rehearsals for the Kirov's premiere of Pierre Lacotte's Ondine at the Mariinsky Theatre in March.