Mikhail Baryshnikov
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| - | In 2004, [[Ali Hossaini]] offered Wilson a residency at the television channel [[LAB HD]]. Since then [[Robert Wilson]], with producer Esther Gordon (for among others [[Brad Pitt]], [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]], [[Robert Downey, Jr.]], [[Winona Ryder]], [[Juliette Binoche]], [[Isabelle Huppert]], [[Deeta von Teese]], and [[Peter Sarsgaard]]) and later with Matthew Shattuck, has produced dozens of high-definition videos known as the [[Voom Portraits]]. Collaborators on this well-received project included the composer [[Michael Galasso]], artist and designer Eugene Tsai, fashion designer Kevin Santos, and lighting designer Urs Schönebaum. In addition to celebrity subjects, sitters have included royalty, animals, Nobel Prize winners and hobos. | + | '''Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov''' ({{lang-ru|Михаил Николаевич Барышников}}, {{lang-lv|Mihails Barišņikovs}}) (born January 27, 1948) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-born [[Russian American]] [[dancer]], [[choreographer]], and [[actor]], often cited alongside [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] and [[Rudolf Nureyev]] as one of the greatest [[ballet]] dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the [[Kirov Ballet]] in [[Leningrad]], he defected to [[Canada]] in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the [[New York City Ballet]] as a principal dancer to learn [[George Balanchine]]'s style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the [[American Ballet Theatre]], where he later became artistic director. |
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Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-lv) (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director.
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