For dance fans, especially, I want to give an extra plug to a very strong touring show sponsored by our local Lively Arts Foundation that we've been writing about this past week. The Perm Ballet, visiting from Russia, is one of the Top 3 companies in that ballet-rich country, and it's coming to Fresno's Saroyan Theatre tonight (April 3) with a whole slew of dancers and instrumentalists. (There are more than 100 in the company.) They'll be performing the traditional "Swan Lake," and believe me, no one does this classic ballet like the Russians. (They should be good at it, after all, considering they perform it at least once a month even when they're at home.) Each dancer has been trained in the world-renowned Perm Ballet School, which means that when all those women in white tutus perform the famous Dance of the Swans, it's with such precision and absolutely exact technique that it's almost like watching one dancer instead of dozens.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. And here's a last-minute rush-ticket offer: All available seats are being sold on the day of performance for $25. That's a very good deal for seeing a world-class company.