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Mikhail Baryshnikov: 'Everything in Russia is a damn soap opera ...  Jul 3, 2013 ... The Beethoven of the body: Baryshnikov, right, stars in 'The Old Woman' ... He emerged from the Kirov (now known as the Mariinsky) as the ... When he fled St Petersburg to become Russian ballet's third great .... when he founded the White Oak Dance Project, with his friend, the choreographer Mark Morris.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov - Ballet Dancer - Biography.com  Jun 13, 2016 ... Russian-American ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov has ... AKA: Mikhail Baryshnikov; Nickname: Misha; Full Name: Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov ... video about Mikhail Baryshnikov and how the man who's considered the greatest ... the avant-garde White Oak Dance Project with Mark Morrisa move...
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To Mikhail Baryshnikov, time is a great teacher - LA Times  Aug 30, 2009 ... The dancer, now in his 60s, performs with experience won from the decades. ... a dance tour of seven European countries, he works at the ballet ... Laguna, 54, a longtime star of Sweden's Cullberg Ballet, recalls seeing Baryshnikov dance ... The White Oak Dance Project that he and choreographer Mark...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov - Wikipedia  Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov nicknamed "Misha is a Russian-American dancer, ... On June 29, 1974, while on tour in Canada with the Kirov Ballet, Baryshnikov defected, ... 2002, Baryshnikov was artistic director of the White Oak Dance Project, a touring ... The DVD has now been released in the UK by Digital Classics.
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Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948- ) - Dance Heritage Coalition  the Kirov Ballet (a.k.a. Mariinsky Ballet), where ... become the irrefutable star of the Kirov. In late 1973, he was named Honored Artist of ... Soon, the name Baryshnikov (or Misha, as ... Plantation, White Oak Dance Project, with ... The final tour of.
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The History of George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet ...  The new company was called Ballet Society, its sporadic performances were to be seen ... After all, it had been the legends of Nijinsky and Pavlova that first drew ... One was the arrival in America of the Sadler's Wells (now Royal) Ballet from ... his childhood at the Maryinsky Theater in St. Petersburgwhere he himself had...
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archives.nypl.org -- Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive  In 1990, Baryshnikov founded the White Oak Dance Project with choreographer Mark Morris. The project was created to be the touring component of the...
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Vaslav Nijinsky - New World Encyclopedia  Leon Bakst - Nijinsky in the ballet, L'aprs-midi d'un faune, 1912 ... 1890  April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish origin.
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Jeopary Questions page 1483 - BALLET - TriviaBistro.com  MOVIE PEOPLE: This great 1930s choreographer ended his career in 1962 with a circus flick, "Billy Rose's Jumbo"  UNIQUELY .... FAMOUS UKRAINIANS: Ukrainian patriot Ivan Mazepa often rode with these fierce steppe-dwelling people.
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Nijinsky, the Legend - Russian Ballet History  Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent. ... his own troupe, but a crucial London engagement failed due to administrative problems. ... Nijinsky had a nervous breakdown in 1919, and his career effectively ended. ... He spent the rest of his life in and out of psychiatric hospitals and asylums.
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Apollo | Kansas City Ballet  Dancers Sean Duus, Laurinda Mackay, Alicia Good and Jody Anderson in ... George Balanchine, a choreographer, and Igor Stravinsky, a composer, went on to ... the three Muses, Calliope, Terpsichore and Polyhymnia, appear to Apollo, ... Their art is established when Apollo presents each Muse with a symbol of her art.
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Vaslav Nijinsky - Biography - IMDb  Vaslav Nijinsky was one of the most important male dancers of all time. ... School of Ballet in St. Petersburg on a 7-year scholarship from the State of Russia. ... As Nijinsky's wife ended her dancing career, she became driven by her ... For the rest of his life Nijinsky suffered from unstable emotions and mental problems;...
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American Ballet Theatre | 75th Anniversary  Mikhail Baryshnikov assumed the position of Artistic Director, succeeding the .... Since dancing with ABT in the 1960-70's, I now realize that it was a time in the world ... He has worked very hard and given up a lot to be here, but it is his passion ..... I attended Le Corsaire - I had seen online performances of the ballet so I had...
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Nijinsky and Nureyev: at the edge of a volcano - The Body Sphere ...  Aug 14, 2013 ... Some say Nijinsky's energy consumed him after he retired, and that Nureyev ... Pavlova's caution gave Nijinsky his break in the West and she never ... the same ballet company in 1958, by this time known as the Kirov Ballet.
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Modern Movement: How The Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance ...  May 30, 2013 ... Lon Bakst's 1912 costume design for The Afternoon of a Faun. ... No surprise the original was performed just nine times in Paris. ... Diaghilev knew some Russian choreographers and dancers who were also eager ... The story goes that when asked how he jumped so well, Nijinsky answered, "It's simple.
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NYC Tour Program Notes: San Francisco Ballet  Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella, a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and ... It was my dream to perform it, Kochetkova says, and not because of the .... The mechanics aren't that difficult, he says; it's just like moving any piece of scenery. ...... Suite en Blanc resumed its original name and primarily white costumes in...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov in the Role of Vestris - World Digital Library  Feb 3, 2015 ... In 196774 he was a soloist of the Kirov State Opera and Ballet Theater (now ... Baryshnikov (born 1948) was able to render the life story of the most famous dancer of the 18th century. ... productions Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842 Yakobson, Leonid, 1904-1975 ... Nina Sorokina and Yuri Vladimirov Dancing.
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Diaghilev Choreographers - Russian Ballet History  Marius Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer who is noted for ... he partnered the legendary Ballerina Carlotta Grisi in a benefit performance. ... The following season Petipa and his father staged a revival of Mazilier's ... The Prima Ballerina Andreyonova performed the title role, with Petipa as Fabio.
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ArtsJournal Dance: Daily Arts News  BALLERINA BACKLASH: Deborah Bull, a principal dancer with London s Royal ... Nina Ananiashvili is taking the US by storm on the Bolshoi's current tour. .... of the historic Moscow-based company; more surprising was the clean luster ... Leading a thoroughly excellent cast, the Bolshoi's prima ballerina, Nina Ananiashvili,...
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Free Flashcards about BALLET - StudyStack  IGOR YOUSKEVITCH WAS NOTED FOR PLAYING STANLEY IN THE BALLET VERSION OF THIS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' PLAY, A STREETCAR NAMED...
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Vaslav Nijinsky - Wikipedia  Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the ... In 1912 Nijinsky began choreographing original ballets, including L'aprs-midi .... He did well in subjects which interested him, but not otherwise. .... His ballets were L'aprs-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun, based on...