Art, Biography & Autobiography
| Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1948, Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of the twentieth-century's most exciting and popular dancers. After initial training at the Riga Choreography School, Baryshnikov began his career in Leningrad with the famed Kirov Ballet. While hile on tour in Canada in 1974, he defected and immediately began d....[more] |