Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (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. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
Company Business
(Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko)
Giselle
(Count Albrecht)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
(Minister Sorokin (Uncredited))
The Nutcracker
(Toy Nutcracker)
That's Dancing!
(Self - Host)
The Turning Point
(Yuri)
White Nights
(Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko)
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
(Cesar)
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
(Self)
Les Sylphides
Dancers
(Tony)
Rehearsing a Dream
(Self)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
(Narrator (voice))
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
(Self)
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
(Self)
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
(Self (archive footage))
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
(Self)
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
(Self)
The White Helicopter
(Pope Benedict XVI)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
(Self)
猟銃
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
(Basilio)
Carmen
(Don José)
Baryshnikov on Broadway
(Self)
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
(Self)
Studio 54
(Self (archive footage))
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
(Self - Performer)
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
(Self)
Bob Hope on the Road to China
(Self)
Baryshnikov at the White House
Today
(Self)
Iconoclasts
(Self)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
Doll & Em
(Mikhail)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Top Model po-russki
(Special guest)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Sex and the City
(Aleksandr Petrovsky)
American Masters
(Self)
NeXt
(Self)
Great Performances
(Self)
