Mikhail Baryshnikov

Photo copyright Annie Liebowitz

Growing upBorn: January 28, 1948Latvia, Soviet UnionRussianStudied Vaganova style under Aleksander

Pushkin

“Work hard and live life to the fullest”

MilestonesMikhail became a soloist at the Kirov Ballet

in 1968His film debut was in “The Turning Point” in

1977He also formed the White Oak Project with

Mark Morris in 1990Baryshnikov Dance Foundation opened the

Baryshnikov Arts Center in November of 2005

Giving Back to SocietyBaryshnikov Dance Foundation in 1979, non-

profit organizationBaryshnikov Arts Center in 2005, so people

have a place to go an collaborate

Interesting FactMikhail Baryshnikov acted on Sex and the City

for the last season as Carrie Bradshaw’s boyfriend

“Dancing is my obsession. My life.”

ReferencesBaryshnikov Dance Foundation

http://www.baryshnikovdancefoundation.org/John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing

Arts

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3693&source_type=A

Brainy Quotes

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mikhail_baryshnikov.html

Picture ReferencesSan Diego Blog

http://sandiegoblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/mikhail-baryshnikov.jpg

Myspace Bloghttp://i.blog.empas.com/nikiya/4665468_490x600.jpg

Body Tuning and Therapyhttp://www.bodytuning.us/images/Appreciations/Kolpakova.jpg

Toronto Magazinehttp://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/99autumn/baryshnikov.gif

The Internet Movie Databasehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000864/