by Amy Brandt | Nov 4, 2022 | The Latest
Mikhail Baryshnikov, widely hailed as one of the world’s greatest ballet dancers, has earned his place in history not just for his artistry, but for his endless curiosity. After defecting from the Soviet Union in 1974, his exhilarating performances at New York City...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Aug 3, 2021 | Career
Have you ever watched a dancer perform a particular variation over and over again, trying to pinpoint what makes their performance so special? Have you pored over books or magazines to learn about their paths to success? So many of us look up to the amazing dancers...
by Julia Guiheen | Apr 14, 2021 | TBT
In Jerome Robbins’s 1944 ballet Fancy Free, three sailors on leave spend the day at a bar, attempting to woo two young women by out-dancing and out-charming one another. In this clip from 1981, Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was then both the artistic director of...
by Julia Guiheen | Apr 15, 2020 | TBT
If you need a bit of cheering up as we near the end of another week, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s unbridled charisma in this 1983 clip from American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote is just the ticket. Then the artistic director of ABT, Baryshnikov performs...
by Karen Campbell | Dec 25, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Imagine stepping into an iconic role made famous by one of ballet’s greatest living legends. That was the challenge for Boston Ballet’s Derek Dunn in the company’s premiere of Vestris, a solo that Soviet-era choreographer Leonid Yakobson created...
by Amy Brandt | Jun 27, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Updated on 3/13/2020 With ballet schools, companies and theaters closing to encourage social distancing in the wake of COVID-19, now is the perfect opportunity to hunker down for a ballet movie night. For your convenience, we’ve put together a list of some of...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | May 15, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
What does Mikhail Baryshnikov have to say to dancers starting their careers today? On Friday, he gave the keynote speech during the graduation ceremony for the inaugural class of the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. The heart of his message: Be generous. After...
by Julia Guiheen | Mar 6, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
Alessandra Ferri and Mikhail Baryshnikov are two dancers whose physicality and artistic prowess truly pushed ballet to a new level. Their careers have spanned decades and continents, making them icons of the ballet world. In the late 1980s both dancers were working at...