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(bə-rĭsh′nĭ-kôf′), Mikhail Nikolayevich Born 1948.
Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer who, after performing with the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), defected to the United States (1974), where he danced for and later directed the American Ballet Theater. In 1990 he helped found the White Oak Dance Project, a modern-dance company.
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Baryshnikov

(bəˈrɪʃnɪkɒf)
n
(Biography) Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
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Ba•rysh•ni•kov

(bəˈrɪʃ nɪˌkɔf, -ˌkɒf)

n.
Mikhail, born 1948, Russian ballet dancer, born in Latvia, in the U.S. since 1974.
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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.
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The inaugural festival, centered around the Ringling Museum and the FSU/Asolo Center, hosted thousands of art lovers and dozens of performers from around the globe, but the opening night party was almost as much about catching a glimpse of Mikhail Baryshnikov (whose Baryshnikov Arts Center co-presented) as it was the performance of the FSU Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Spano.
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Early life: Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov was born on January 28, 1948, in Riga, then part of the Soviet Union, but now in independent Latvia.
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