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Sep 30, 2022 · The 74-year-old has been married to Lisa for over 16 years, as they got married in 2006. Together they both share three children: Anna Baryshnikov, 30, Sofia-Luisa Baryshnikova, 28, and...
Sep 29, 2022 · Mikhail Baryshnikov and his wife Lisa Rinehart attended the New York City Ballet Fall Fashion Gala 2022 on Wednesday evening. The couple, who have been married for 16 years, looked...
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An experienced and respected ballet dancer in the Soviet Union during the 1960s, Mikhail Baryshnikov was a beloved part of his nation. Unfortunately, the feelings weren't mutual at the time. He defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in 1974 before moving to the United States in hopes of having a better opportunity to express himself creatively. H...
Born in Riga, Latvia, on January 27, 1948, Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov went on to become one of the leading dancers of the 20th century. Baryshnikov's early years were difficult. His father was a Soviet colonel, and the two didn't get along. As he explained to The New York Times, his father "was not a very pleasant man." However, Baryshnikov la...
Despite his fame, Baryshnikov soon grew tired of the stifling atmosphere in communist Russia, and in 1974—following a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto—defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in search of greater personal and creative freedom. He later explained his departure from his native country to the New Statesman, saying, "I am i...
In 1990, Baryshnikov left the ABT to create the avant-garde White Oak Dance Project with Mark Morris—a move reflecting a shift toward contemporary dance. "It's less mannered, more democratic, more transparent and, from my point of view, closer to the hearts of people," Baryshnikov told the New Statesman. Through this new company, he worked and supp...
Mikhail Baryshnikov is married to former ABT ballerina Lisa Rinehart. The couple has three children together: Peter, Anna and Sofia-Luisa. Baryshnikov has a fourth child, a daughter named Alexandra (born in 1981), from his previous relationship with actress Jessica Lange. Baryshnikov has also been romantically linked to dancer Gelsey Kirkland, who ...
Dec 18, 2020 · By Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lisa Rinehart December 18, 2020 7:00 AM EST Baryshnikov is a dancer, actor and artistic director of the Baryshnikov Arts Center in NYC
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View gallery Image Credit: Gregory Pace/Shutterstock Mikhail Baryshnikov recently stepped out in a rare public appearance when he attended the New York City Ballet’s 10th Annual Fall Fashion Gala on Sept. 28 to honor his friend and former Sex and the City co-star Sarah Jessica Parker. However, the two didn’t have a chance to reunite […]
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