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Mikhail Baryshnikov

Shortly after moving back to the ATL, the Petite Young Blonde, delightfully discovered that the incomparable Mikhail Baryshnikov was touring and coming to the beautiful Fox Theater. The PYB adored, admired and was simply obsessed with Mr. Baryshnikov back then and had been for many, many years. In case you didn't know he is a Russian ballet dancer who defected to the United States in 1974. He fascinated the PYB and she always watched the Nutcracker on PBS every Christmas. It did not escape…

Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1981

Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights 1985

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. In addition, Baryshnikov occasionally acted, and his credits included the TV series Sex and the City.

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Don Quixote'

My first love!

Mikhail Baryshnikov rehearsing for ABT production of 'Configurations' . Choreography by Choo San Goh, 1981

mikhail baryshnikov

On July 27, 1974, Mikhail Baryshnikov made his American Ballet Theatre debut, dancing opposite fellow expatriate Natalia Makarova in Giselle mere weeks after his defection from the Soviet Union. The then-26-year-old caused a sensation, with Dance Magazine contributor Olga Maynard observing in her review, “If Baryshnikov exerts his good influences on ballet in the West […]

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov, 2017.