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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) [1] is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor of Russian ethnicity. [2] [3] He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the ...
Apr 2, 2014 · 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.
Jan 11, 1998 · By Joan Acocella. January 11, 1998. Baryshnikov’s “exile,” his reputed melancholy, and his high-profile romances helped make him a mass-media ballet star. Photograph by Ferdinando Scianna ...
- Joan Acocella
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. The son of Russian parents in Latvia, Baryshnikov entered Riga’s opera ballet school at age 12.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Nov 7, 2022 · Mikhail Baryshnikov, 74, is the finest ballet dancer of his generation.Born in Riga, Latvia, to Russian parents, he danced with the Kirov Ballet before defecting to Canada in 1974.A dancer of ...
Baryshnikov played the central character in the quasi-autobiographical drama - a Soviet ballet dancer who defects from the Soviet Union. In a curious plot twist, the plane carrying him to a ...
