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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948) [1] is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. [1]
Aleksandra Lange Baryshnikov is the daughter of ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and actress Jessica Lange. [2] [3] She is of Finnish descent through her maternal grandmother, of Russian descent through her father, and of German descent through her maternal grandfather. [4]
Baryshnikov is the daughter of Latvian-American ballet dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov and former ballet dancer Lisa Rinehart. [3] As a young girl, she took beginner's ballet classes but decided she was unsuited to it, as she was too hyperactive and talkative when she was supposed to be focused at the barre. [4]
From 1976 to 1982, she was partnered with renowned Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, with whom she had her first child, Aleksandra Lange "Shura" Baryshnikov (born 1981). [122] During that time, she was also sporadically linked with Bob Fosse , with whom she remained friends until his death.
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 ...
Lisa Rinehart is an American dancer, writer, and video journalist covering the arts, culture, and social issues. [1] She has choreographed productions for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, [2] New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts [3] and other stages.
Along with Mikhail Baryshnikov, she starred in Herbert Ross' 1987 film Dancers. She was chosen after Baryshnikov saw her audition for ABT. [3] In Nicholas Hytner's 2000 film Center Stage she played principal dancer Kathleen Donahue, with original choreography by Susan Stroman. The film also stars her ABT colleagues Ethan Stiefel and Sascha ...
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