Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov (in Russian ?????? ?????????? ??????????) (born January 28, 1948) is a famous Russian-American dancer and actor.

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Baryshnikov (whose name is sometimes transliterated as Baryshinikov or Barishinikov) was born in Riga, Latvia ( then-capital of the Latvian SSR) of Russian parents. His father was an engineer and his mother a seamstress.

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He first entered the Vaganova Ballet Academy at the age of fifteen. Due to his talent, he joined Leningrad's Kirov Ballet in 1966. During Kirov's tour through Canada in 1974, Baryshnikov disappeared for several days, reappearing in the United States, where he applied for political asylum.

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From 1974 to 1979, he was principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), though he also danced with ballet and modern dance companies around the world. He then joined the New York City Ballet for fifteen months, working with choreographer George Balanchine. He returned to ABT in 1980 as dancer and artistic director, a position he held for a decade. On July 3, 1986, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Baryshnikov was artistic director of the White Oak Dance Project, a touring company he co-founded with Mark Morris.

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He was a recipient of Kennedy Center Honors in 2000. As of 2004, he is actively involved in the establishment of the Baryshnikov Arts Center in a new performing arts complex in New York City.

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January 28: January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 337 days remaining (338 in leap years)....

1948: 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar)....

Mikhail Baryshnikov related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and Choreographer Twyla Tharp Resting during Rehearsal	Mikhail Frunze	Mikhail Lermontov	Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov	Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov	Mikhail Glinka Russian Musician	Mikhail Kaufman: Chelovek S Kino-Apparatom 1929
Portrait of Mikhail Kuzmin 1911-12	Portrait of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin circa 1860	Mikhail Bulgakov Time of Production of His Play The Days of the Turbins Moscow Art Theatre 1926	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov's