Mikhail Baryshnikov


Mikhail Baryshnikov
Born in the former Soviet Union, dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov came to ballet at the advanced age of 15. Because of his extraordinary leg-muscle strength, he was permitted to join Leningrad's Kirov Company, in which he worked his way up to featured soloist. During the Kirov's Canadian tour in 1974, Baryshnikov disappeared for several days, and when he resurfaced it was in the United States he asked for political asylum. The decision had as much to do with aesthetics as ideology; in Russia, even a ballet star could only go so far socially... Full Mikhail Baryshnikov Biography

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Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Featuring: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov
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