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Mikhail Baryshnikov.

By Laura19liz
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov is born in Riga, Latvia

    Mikhail Baryshnikov is born in Riga, Latvia

    Mikjil Baryshnikov is a sucessful Russian American ballet dancer. He is famous for his leaps and turns. Sources used for this project: Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015.
    www.biography.com/people/mikhail-baryshnikov-9201142 All images are from Google Images
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    Mikhail Baryshnikov.

    Works Cited
  • Began training with Alexander Pushkin at Vaganova Choreographic Institute.

    Began training with Alexander Pushkin at Vaganova Choreographic Institute.

    (I could not find a specific date).
    He started training with him around the same time his mom died of suicide.
  • 1st Major Honor- He recieved a Gold Medal at the Varna, Bulgaria dance competition.

    1st Major Honor- He recieved a Gold Medal at the Varna, Bulgaria dance competition.

    (I could not find a specific date).
  • Stage debut: Giselle (Kirov Ballet)

    Stage debut: Giselle (Kirov Ballet)

  • Danced as the premier danseur nobel in Gorisnka.

    Danced as the premier danseur nobel in Gorisnka.

    (I could not find the specific date)
  • Vestris Ballet

    Vestris Ballet

    This is one of his signature pieces.
  • Gold at First International Ballet Competition

    Gold at First International Ballet Competition

    (I could not find a specific date).
  • Left Soviet Union for the United States

    Left Soviet Union for the United States

    (I did not find an exact date, just the year he left).
    He left the Soviet Union in" hopes of having better opportunity to express himself creativly" (Bio.com).
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    Worked at the American Ballet Theatre

    He left to work with George Balachine & Jerome Robbins
  • Nominated Academy Award for acting in dance world drama The Turning Point.

    Nominated Academy Award for acting in dance world drama The Turning Point.

    (I could not find a specific date).
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    Won 2 EMmu Awars for TV Dance Specials

    (I could not find a specific date).
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    Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre

    He left to focus on a contemporary dance project with Mark Morris.
  • First & only child with actress Jessica Lange, Alexandra "Shura" is born.

    First & only child with actress Jessica Lange, Alexandra "Shura" is born.

    (I could not find a specific date).
  • Appeared in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphasis.

    Appeared in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphasis.

    (I could not find a specific date).

  • 1st child with Lisa Rinehart, Peter, is born.

  • 2nd child with Lisa Rinehart, Anna, is born.

    2nd child with Lisa Rinehart, Anna, is born.

  • 3rd child with Lisa Rinehart, Sofia Luisa, born.

    3rd child with Lisa Rinehart, Sofia Luisa, born.

  • Life Long Achievement at the Kennedy Center Honor Awards

    Life Long Achievement at the Kennedy Center Honor Awards

  • "Disbanded White Oak Project to focus on next project" (bio.com)

    "Disbanded White Oak Project to focus on next project" (bio.com)

    (I could not find a specific date).
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    Guest star on Sex & the City

    Played a Russian artist and love intrest of Sarah Jessica Parker's character.
  • Opened Baryshnikov Art Center in NYC

    Opened Baryshnikov Art Center in NYC

    The official website said it was opened in 2005, no specific date was provided.

  • Married Lisa Rinehart

    Officially married in 2006 (I could not find the exact date), they were partners before that. They share 3 children, Peter, Anna, and Sofia Luisa.
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    In Paris: play in which he "hung up his dance shoes for " (bio.com).

    (I could not find a specific opening day date).
  • "Man in a Case"

    "Man in a Case"

    (I could not find a specific opening day date).
    Man in a Case 2013
  • BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV will premier at his art center.

    BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV will premier at his art center.

  • Starred in dance drama White Nights

    Starred in dance drama White Nights