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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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
Ana Laguna (born 1954) is a Spanish-Swedish ballet dancer, court dancer and professor. She has danced throughout the world with such legends as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov earning prizes for her performances from France, Italy, Monaco, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, ABT's artistic director at the time, pulled Jaffe out of the corps de ballet to replace Gelsey Kirkland in a gala performance. With two days of rehearsal, Jaffe danced Pas d'Esclave at the Kennedy Center in Washington with the late Alexander Godunov , a Bolshoi Ballet star whose former dance partner had been Maya Plisetskaya .
Mikhail Baryshnikov; R. Lisa Rinehart; S. Shura Baryshnikov This page was last edited on 30 April 2024, at 00:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...