<BR>Nikolai Kabanaiev<BR>Diablo Ballet Associate AD and Dancer<BR>Photo Ashraf<P><BR>Diablo Ballet received critical reviews all around for the season finale performances of Balanchine's "Apollo," Sally Streets' "Encores" and two world premieres, one by Nikolai Kabanaiev and the other by Houston Ballet's Sean Kelly.<P>SF Chronicle's Octavia Roca was beside himself with Nikolai Kabanaiev in the title role of "Apollo," staged by Marina Eglevsky:<P><A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/05/22/DD79894.DTL&type=performance" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/200 0/05/22/DD79894.DTL&type=performance</A> <P><BR><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited May 28, 2002).]