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Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in Riga, in the Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, now known as Latvia. [5] [6] His parents were ethnic Russians: his mother was Alexandra (a dressmaker; née Kiselyova) and his father was Nikolay Baryshnikov (an engineer).
Daniil Simkin (born 12 October 1987 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a ballet dancer and entrepreneur, best known for his accomplished technical skill and charismatic stage presence. He was formerly a principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and Berlin State Ballet. Simkin is based in New York, and is the founder of Studio Simkin.
Edward Villella (born October 1, 1936) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He is frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer of ballet at the time. [1] [2] He has won numerous awards, including the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the National Medal of Arts.
Jovani Furlan (born 1993 or 1994) [1] is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He joined the Miami City Ballet in 2012, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2017. In 2019, he left the company to join the New York City Ballet as a soloist, and became a principal dancer in 2022.
Dance lovers are in for a unique, hilarious treat this weekend, when the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performs at the Detroit Opera ...
Julian MacKay (born 28 October 1997) [1] [2] is an American ballet dancer. He is the first American to have completed both the lower and upper schools at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2016, he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a second soloist, where he later reached the rank of first soloist.
In 2019, Royal and Misty Copeland became the first black duo in ABT to dance the lead roles in a ballet, by performing Ratmansky's restaging of Harlequinade. [7] Later that year, on his debut as the title role in Balanchine's Apollo , the New York Times wrote that he "is suddenly the most elegant male dancer in the company". [ 8 ]
In 2012 amongst The Top 100 dancers of the year in Dance Europe. In 2018 nominated for most outstanding classical performance at the UK Critics circle National Dance Awards. Dance Europe Critics Choice for Most Outstanding Male performance for William Forsythe 's new creation playlist 1,2, Aproximata Sonata 2018 and Arthur Pita 's Salome in 2017.