Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
Baryshnikov in 2017
Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride at an event in Buenos Aires, 1979.
With Liza Minnelli in Baryshnikov on Broadway, 1980
Baryshnikov receiving his Latvian citizenship passport on April 27, 2017.
The Mariinsky Ballet is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Carlotta Brianza and Pavel Gerdt of the Imperial Ballet as Princess Aurora and Prince Desire in the 1890 premiere of the Sleeping Beauty.