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- He created astounding new steps, like a tour en l’air in attitude, setting a new standard for male dancers. Nureyev or Baryshnikov were more famous in the U.S., but he was considered their equal elsewhere and was often called the “god of dance.”
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Apr 2, 2014 · Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Russian-American ballet dancer who choreographed several iconic pieces which have made him one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.
Jun 16, 2022 · World-renowned ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov made international headlines when he defected from the Soviet Union in 1974. He has remained largely non-political ever since.
Jan 11, 1998 · Joan Acocella’s Profile of the dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who, after defecting from the Soviet Union, became one of the most famous names in ballet in the twentieth century.
- Joan Acocella
Jun 7, 2024 · Mikhail Baryshnikov (born January 28, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
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Oct 21, 2016 · In “Letter to a Man,” based on the diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, Mikhail Baryshnikov plays the early-20th-century ballet great who became schizophrenic.
Baryshnikov answers the multi-million-dollar question himself by performing a dance, set to Vladimir Vysotsky’s famous song ‘Capricious horses’ and choreographed by Twyla Tharp.
