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Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director.
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Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
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BODY OF WORK
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Filmography
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The White Helicopter
as Pope Benedict XVI
猟銃
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
as Self - Cameo
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Self
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
No Poster
Rehearsing a Dream
as Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Narrator (voice)
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
No Poster
Oh, Misha
Babilée '91
as Self - Dancer
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Cesar
Company Business
as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
as Self
Dancers
as Tony
White Nights
as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
as Basilio
Les Sylphides
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Performer
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
Baryshnikov on Broadway
as Self
Carmen
as Don José
No Poster
Bob Hope on the Road to China
as Self
Baryshnikov at the White House
The Nutcracker
as Toy Nutcracker / Prince
The Turning Point
as Yuri
Giselle
as Count Albrecht
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
as Self
Fiesta
as Pedro Romero
The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka
as Nikishka
World's Young Ballet
City and Song
Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine
No Poster
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
as Nutcracker
American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met
