Mikhail Baryshnikov
Also Known As: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, Mihails Barišņikovs, ミハイル・バリシニコフ, ミハイル・ニコラエヴィチ・バリシニコフ
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
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Birthday: January 27, 1948
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Male
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Company Business
Overview: An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-06
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Giselle
Overview: The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called Wilis
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Overview: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-15
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The Nutcracker
Overview: The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critcally acclaimed Emmy nominated production. The thisspectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both chowcased at the peak of the their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.
Genres: Music Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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That's Dancing!
Overview: A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-18
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The Turning Point
Overview: As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-14
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White Nights
Overview: After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-22
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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Overview: Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1991-12-04
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A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Overview: A documentary with stars from the original cast.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-15
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Les Sylphides
Overview: Les Sylphides is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Dancers
Overview: A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-09
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Rehearsing a Dream
Overview: Support for the arts in America may be dwindling, but talent in our high schools isn't. Every year a group of the country's most gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists - singled out among thousands of their peers - share a week of dreams as they learn from mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vanessa Williams, Jacques d'Amboise, Michael Tilson Thomas... and from each other. For seven transformative days, the passionate young artists revel in the support, encouragement and attention they have earned.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Overview: Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, family structures, religious faiths, interests and cultures. This documentary introduces your family to children who are not only celebrating how they are unique, but who are also learning from and appreciating the differences in others.
Genres: Animation Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-24
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Overview: Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work in a variety of fields.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-12
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The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Overview: Features Rev Run as he brings audiences on a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in NYC.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-25
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Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Overview: A documentary about renowned ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
Overview: In the prime of his career, Mikhail Baryshnikov performs solo and also shares the stage with prima ballerinas such as Gelsey Kirkland and Marianna Tcherkassky. Performances include "Don Quixote," "Coppelia," "Le Spectre de la Rose" and "Vestris."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
Overview: The twinkle of Frank Sinatra's "Ol' Blue Eyes" melds with the beauty of ballet in this innovative program starring world-renowned dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and members of the American Ballet Theatre. Choreographed by the legendary Twyla Tharp, three performances -- "The Little Ballet," "Sinatra Suite" and "Push Comes to Shove" -- bring Baryshnikov's terpsichorean talents center stage and rekindle Sinatra's magic.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The White Helicopter
Overview: The film is based on true events leading up to the historical 2013 resignation of Benedict XVI. After succeeding John Paul II, and serving as Pope for eight years, Joseph Ratzinger shocked the world by becoming the first Pope to voluntarily resign in over 600 years. In light of moral and ethical upheavals in the Catholic Church, and the unique challenges of the 21st century, Ratzinger's cited reason of declining health raises more questions than it answers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-09
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Overview: An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-19
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猟銃
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-26
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Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Overview: The American Ballet Theatre, performing at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, June 1983, led by Mikhail Baryshnikov, present Cervantes' story about the adventures of the Knight of Rueful Countenance.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-05
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Carmen
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Genres: TV Movie Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Baryshnikov on Broadway
Overview: Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Can-Can, The King and I, Cabaret, Where's Charley, Hello Dolly, Ain't Misbehavin', Guys and Dolls, The Boyfriend, Kiss Me Kate and A Chorus Line.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-24
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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Overview: A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-16
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Studio 54
Overview: Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Overview: The famed dancer encounters various characters in a busy day at work on a movie studio lot.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-21
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Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Overview: Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West and achieving the American dream.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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Bob Hope on the Road to China
Overview: Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and others.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-16
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Baryshnikov at the White House
Overview: Mikhail Baryshnikov and the New York City Ballet perform at the White House's East Room.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-15
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Oh, Misha
Overview: A video collage of filmed Mikhail Baryshnikov ballet performances edited with feature film clips in which all the characters refer to someone named ‘Misha’.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Overview: Mikhail Baryshnikov enters the realm of toy soldiers and dancing snowflakes
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Original Language: en
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Babilée '91
Overview: The portrait of an extraordinary French dancer-choreographer: Jean Babilée (1923-2014) is filmed at home, in the streets of Paris, at the Opera Garnier or at the Champs-Élysées Theater, “always caught, even in his kitchen, in full body work”.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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