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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
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Born 27 January 1948 · Q295420
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It’s the individual decision of every artist whether they choose to speak out or not. For my part, I’ll quote his holiness, Pope Francis. ‘War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!’ It’s clear to me to whom those words are directed. In simple terms, Russia is already back in Stalin’s time. The arts are collateral damage and it’s impossible to speculate how that will play out.
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“Right now there’s a Rubicon for Russia to cross. Either it will find a way to end this current conflict and live in an open global society, or it will be thrust backwards with no hope of recovery,”
“It’s the individual decision of every artist whether they choose to speak out or not. For my part, I’ll quote his holiness, Pope Francis. ‘War is madness! Stop, please! Look at this cruelty!’ It’s clear to me to whom those words are directed. In simple terms, Russia is already back in Stalin’s time. The arts are collateral damage and it’s impossible to speculate how that will play out.”
“I don’t think it’s right to put the weight of a country’s political decisions on the backs of artists, or athletes, who may have vulnerable family members in their home country. For people in those exposed positions, neutrality is a powerful statement. And if you want me to be specific, Daniil Medvedev should play Wimbledon.”
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Yahoo: Mikhail Baryshnikov on criticizing Putin: "I will be 75 years old. What have I to lose?"
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2017).
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The Republic of Latvia granted Baryshnikov citizenship for extraordinary merits
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The Republic of Latvia granted Baryshnikov citizenship for extraordinary merit
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The New York Times reported that Baryshnikov was scheduled to perform a reading of poet Joseph Brodsky's work in Riga in 2015
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Awarded Vilcek Prize (2012).
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The PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer featured a profile of Baryshnikov and his Arts Center
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Appeared in a production of four short plays by Samuel Beckett directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
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Baryshnikov and chef Alice Waters were featured on an episode of the Sundance Channel's original series Iconoclasts
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Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).
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From New York University; on September 28, 2007, from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University; and on May 23, 2008, from Montclair State University
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Launched the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York
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Baryshnikov appeared in Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor And The Patient at New York City's Lincoln Center, and in 2007 in Beckett Shorts at New York Theatre Workshop
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Baryshnikov won the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement
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That he did not "believe in marriage in the conventional way", but he and Rinehart married in 2006
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Won National Medal of Arts (2000).
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2000).
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Was awarded the National Medal of Arts
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With the White Oak Dance Project at the Roman theater in Caesarea; in 2010, with Ana Laguna; and in 2011, starring in nine performances of In Paris, a show after a short story by Ivan Bunin, at the Suzanne Dellal Center
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Awarded Theatre World Special Award (1989).
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When he played Gregor Samsa in Metamorphosis, an adaption of Franz Kafka's novel
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“You ask me what's happened in my life, why and how I did this and that. And I think and tell, but it's never true story, because everything is so much more complicated, and also I can't even remember how things happened. Whole process is boring. Also false, but mostly boring.”
“The minute plane set down, the minute I stepped again on Latvian ground, I realized this was never my home. My heart didn't even skip one beat.”
Baryshnikov became a naturalized citizen of the United States
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Baryshnikov danced the role of the Poet in Balanchine's ballet La Sonnambula with the City Ballet at the Kennedy Center
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Made his debut with George Balanchine's and Lincoln Kirstein's company at Saratoga Springs, appearing as Franz in Coppélia
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Baryshnikov abandoned his freelance career to spend 18 months as a principal of the New York City Ballet, run by George Balanchine
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Received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Yuri Kopeikine in the film The Turning Point
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On the PBS program In Performance Live from Wolf Trap
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In Toronto while on tour with the Bolshoi, Baryshnikov defected, requesting political asylum in Canada
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Soon after Soviet authorities had forced Brodsky to leave his home country and he moved to the United States
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Awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1973).
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Dancing the "Peasant" pas de deux in Giselle
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Entered the Vaganova School, in what was then Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)
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Born 1948-01-27.
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I don’t think it’s right to put the weight of a country’s political decisions on the backs of artists, or athletes, who may have vulnerable family members in their home country. For people in those exposed positions, neutrality is a powerful statement. And if you want me to be specific, Daniil Medvedev should play Wimbledon.
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