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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Nadia Potts in 'Swan Lake" with the National Ballet of Canada, 1975 (photo by Martha Swope)

Erik Bruhn and Mikhail Baryshnikov rehearsing Bruhn's production of 'Swan Lake' in Canada, 1975

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Swan Lake" with the National Ballet of Canada, 1975 (photo by Martha Swope)

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Swan Lake" with the National Ballet of Canada, 1975 (photo by Martha Swope)

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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova in Swan Lake

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 […]

1950s Margot FONTEYN and Michael SOMES BALLERINAS in Giselle Print Perfect for Framing on Etsy, $5.73 AUD

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Nadia Potts in 'Swan Lake" with the National Ballet of Canada, 1975 (photo by Martha Swope)

Mikhail Baryshnikov 1974

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Medea'. ABT rehearsal, 1976. A few minutes to relax

Baryshnikov with his poodle Foma, 1972 (photo by N.Alovert)

New York City Ballet production of "Afternoon of a Faun" with Allegra Kent and Mikhail Baryshnikov, choreography by Jerome Robbins (New York)

Mikhail Baryshnikov in 'Apollo'

Mikhail Baryshnikov with Royal Ballet in 'Swan Lake'.