Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1948—)
One of the greatest ballet dancers of the twentieth century, Baryshnikov overcame initial expectations that his stocky build, short height, and boyish demeanor prec...
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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 ...
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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...
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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....
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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 d...
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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, Rob...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2:Jan. 27: Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland is 78. Actor James Cromwell ("Babe") is 68. Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is 63. Singer Nedra Talley of The ...
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After one particularly hard foul sent Shaquille O'Neal tumbling, the 7-foot-1 center rolled into a backward somersault before bouncing to his feet. "I'm known as The Big Baryshnikov," O'Neal said a...
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Rasheed Wallace showed off some serious range and Shaquille O'Neal gave himself a new nickname. Wallace made the miracle shot of the night _ maybe of the year _ banking home a 60-footer as time exp...
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Its spacious lobby was the meeting place of politicians and oil-rich millionaires.Its guest rooms and restaurants bustled with the frenetic pace of freewheeling ranchers and drillers.Its banquet ro...
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Roman Kaplan, the majestic owner of the Russian Samovar, used to have a blog, but he stopped updating it in October because the people who were doing the typing and translating for him weren’...
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Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1948—)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Farrar, Straus and Giroux To Host Monthly Reading Series at Russian Samovar
