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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.
Nureyev met Erik Bruhn, the celebrated Danish dancer, after Nureyev defected to the West in 1961.
25 paź 2024 · Mikhail Baryshnikov (born January 27, 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.
2 kwi 2014 · World-Famous Dancer. 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 ...
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...
8 lut 2021 · The Russian-born choreographer (who revolutionized American classical ballet and whose real name was Balanchivadze) was certainly an influence on Baryshnikov. Mikhail delivered an astounding performance in The Prodigal Son (by Sergei Prokofiev) and Apollo , set to the music of Igor Stravinsky.
11 sty 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.
