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Name: Mikhail Baryshnikov
Birth Date: January 27, 1948
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
Nationality: Latvian
Gender: Male
Occupations: dancer, choreographer

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Biography of Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948) was a ballet dancer who defected from the former Soviet Union to the United States. He explored both classical and modern ballet forms and was artistic director of the American Ballet Theater before resigning and...


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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving...


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Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1948—) Summary
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One of the greatest ballet dancers of the twentieth century, Baryshnikov overcame initial expectations that his stocky build, short height, and boyish demeanor precluded him from performing the romantic roles in ballets like Giselle and Sleeping...
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Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников) (b January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one...


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The New York Observer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux To Host Monthly Reading Series at Russian Samovar
12/20/2007: 300 words, approx. 1 pages
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the house that published three of the five finalists for this year's National Book Award in fiction, will host a monthly reading series at the Russian Samovar starting on Thursday, January 17 with a program featuring FSG authors Richard Price and Sam Lipsyte.The readings, which are...
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Today in history - Jan. 27
1/27/2007: 596 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Saturday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2007. There are 338 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard...
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Throngs cheer Julio Bocca's last dance
12/23/2007: 647 words, approx. 2 pages
Argentine ballet great Julio Bocca danced into retirement Saturday before tens of thousands of cheering fans, ending a brilliant quarter-century run on the world's most famous stages.For his last dance, the 40-year-old dancer chose to play one of the widest boulevards in the world, performing...
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Celebrated Choreographer Kidd dies
12/25/2007: 632 words, approx. 2 pages
Choreographer Michael Kidd, whose joyously athletic dances for ballet, Broadway and Hollywood delighted audiences for half a century and won him five Tonys and an Oscar, has died.Kidd's nephew, Robert Greenwald, told The New York Times that Kidd died at his Los Angeles home Sunday...
 


 

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