Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director.
Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
Known for
Great Performances
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Sex and the City
Aleksandr Petrovsky
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
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American Masters
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Le Grand Échiquier
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
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American Ballet Theatre at the Met
The Kennedy Center Honors
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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Cesar
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
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Iconoclasts
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Rehearsing a Dream
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Top Model po-russki
Special guest
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Les Sylphides
Doll & Em
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood
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Bob Hope on the Road to China
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White Nights
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
The Turning Point
Yuri
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Basilio
Company Business
Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
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The Hip Hop Nutcracker
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The Nutcracker
Toy Nutcracker / Prince
The White Helicopter
Pope Benedict XVI
Fiesta
Pedro Romero
Studio 54
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Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
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Babilée '91
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Dancers
Tony
Baryshnikov on Broadway
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That's Dancing!
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Carmen
Don José
猟銃
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Narrator (voice)
Oh, Misha
World's Young Ballet
Giselle
Count Albrecht
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
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Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
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Baryshnikov at the White House
City and Song
George Balanchine's Theme & Variations
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Today
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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NeXt
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