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Mikhail Baryshnikov, one of the world's greatest ballet dancers, defected from the Soviet Union while in Canada for a tour in 1974. It was a super bold move ...
30 cze 2024 · This Day in History June 30: The legendary Latvian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union while on tour in Toronto. Escaping through a cro...
He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. [3] Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, into a Russian family, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance.
(10 Jul 1974) Mikhail Baryshnikov the Soviet ballet danced who defected recently at practice in TorontoFind out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.c...
28 cze 2024 · Baryshnikov, then 26 and already one of ballet’s brightest stars, had made the momentous decision to defect from the Soviet Union and build a career in the West.
2 kwi 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.
26 cze 2019 · Considered one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers of all time, Soviet virtuoso Mikhail Baryshnikov choreographs his own Cold War-era defection from the U.S.S.R. after four years of...
