Quick Facts
- NAME: Mikhail Nikolaievich Baryshnikov
- OCCUPATION: Ballet Dancer
- BIRTH DATE: January 27, 1948 (Age: 64)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: RigaMi, U.S.S.R., Latvia
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
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Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer and choreographer, one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.
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Latvian-born ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov trained at Kirov Ballet's training school in St. Petersburg beginning in 1963. From the start, he was popular with Soviet audiences, regularly dancing leading roles created for him in ballets such as Gorianka and Vestris. He danced with American Ballet Theatre until 1978, winning enormous acclaim, and he served as its artistic director in the 1980s.
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