What is the Baryshnikov complex?

The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) is a foundation and arts complex opened by Mikhail Baryshnikov in 2005 at 450 West 37th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

What is Baryshnikov doing now?

Today, the daughter of legendary ballet dancer and Kennedy Center Honoree Mikhail Baryshnikov and actress Jessica Lange (whom I loved in FX’s “Feud,” by the way) is a freelance dancer, choreographer and associate professor at Brown University, among other distinctions.

What was Mikhail Baryshnikov famous for?

Mikhail Baryshnikov, in full Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov, (born January 28, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) , Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.

When did Mikhail Baryshnikov become a classical dancer?

He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance.

When did Mikhail Baryshnikov win the National Medal of Arts?

Baryshnikov was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2003, he won the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement. In 2005]

When did Mikhail Baryshnikov get his Latvian citizenship?

Baryshnikov receiving his Latvian citizenship passport on April 27, 2017. Baryshnikov has a daughter, Aleksandra “Shura” Baryshnikova, from his relationship with actress Jessica Lange. When Baryshnikov and Lange met, he spoke very little English; they communicated in French instead. He eventually learned English by watching television.

What was the first movie Mikhail Baryshnikov played in?

Baryshnikov performed in his first film role soon after arriving in New York. He portrayed the character Yuri Kopeikine, a famous Russian womanizing ballet dancer, in the 1977 film The Turning Point, for which he received an Oscar nomination.

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