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Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in Riga, in the Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, now known as Latvia. [4] [5] His parents were ethnic Russians: his mother was Alexandra (a dressmaker; née Kiselyova) and his father was Nikolay Baryshnikov (an engineer).
Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time.
He began his ballet studies at the age of nine in Riga in 1958 in the same class as Mikhail Baryshnikov. He said his mother put him in ballet to prevent him from becoming "a hooligan". [5] He and Baryshnikov became friends and helped each other throughout their years there. Godunov joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 1971 and rose to become Premier ...
Baryshnikov, an ex-member of the New York City Ballet who in 2005 launched Baryshnikov Arts Centre in the city, was widely regarded as the leading male dancer in the 1970s and ’80s and was also ...
Mikhail Baryshnikov, the other great dancer who like Nureyev defected to the West, holds Nureyev in high regard. Baryshnikov said in an interview that Nureyev was an unusual man in all respects, instinctive, intelligence, constant curiosity, and extraordinary discipline, that was his goal of life and of course love in performing. [48] [66]
Mikhail Baryshnikov is standing up for Russian artists and athletes who are taking the heat for President Vladimir Putin's devastating attacks on Ukraine.. The iconic Soviet-born dancer, 74, who ...
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer and actor, born in Riga [31] Ludmilla Chiriaeff, ballet dancer, choreographer, and director, born in Riga [32] Mikhail Eisenstein, architect designer of many buildings in Riga, father of Sergei Eisenstein, born in Riga
Mathilde Kschessinskaya and Pavel Gerdt in La Bayadère ballet by the ballet master Marius Petipa and the composer Ludwig Minkus, 1900 This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigrated, and those ...