mikhail baryshnikov

     

This dancer defected from the USSR during a 1974 tour stop in Toronto

Trivia about mikhail baryshnikov

  • Former Soviet:HI KIROV ASHY INK BALM
  • He received an Oscar nomination for his role as a ballet superstar in "The Turning Point", his film debut
  • This dancer nicknamed Misha played a huge insect in the B'way production of Kafka's Metamorphosis
  • Nicknamed Misha, he defected to the West in 1974 while on tour in Canada
  • Choreographer Twyla Tharp collaborated with this ballet star on his dances for "White Nights"
  • The co-founder of the White Oak Dance Project in 1990, he is the company's most famous dancer
  • Once a star of the Kirov Ballet, this man, nicknamed Misha, now tours with the White Oak Dance Project
  • Twyla Tharp's "Push Comes to Shove" was one of the first American works created for this Russian star
  • 1978 winner seen here in a 1985 film:

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