Where is mikhail baryshnikov

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The official Science Academy of Latvia is home to the best minds raised in the region. Although the population of Riga has declined over the past couple of decades, it remains the largest city in all of the Baltic States, and a center of culture and commerce.

From through , Baryshnikov studied the art of dance in Latvia, the city in which he was born in As he continued his work throughout the former Soviet Union, it became apparent that this dancer would far exceed the expectations of his teachers and his peers. His talent became known throughout the world even as he danced across the Soviet Union, garnering admiration from critics across Europe and as far away as the United States of America.

In the mid s Baryshnikov formally broke from his Soviet ties, seeking asylum in Canada and finally announcing that he refused to return to the Soviet Union. Although Baryshnikov would revisit his city of Riga in Latvia, he would never reside again in the town in which he was born. The American Ballet Theater and the New York City Ballet, two of the most prestigious dance companies in all the world, allowed him to join their ranks through the s.

He began studying ballet around this same time, and in , at the age of 16, began training with distinguished choreographer Alexander Pushkin at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute. In , Baryshnikov made his stage debut with the Kirov Ballet in Giselle , later starring as the dance company's premier danseur noble in Gorianka and Vestris Choreographer Leonid Jakobson is said to have tailored Vestris to suit Baryshnikov specifically.

The work is now considered to be one of the dancer's signature pieces. Baryshnikov landed his first major honor in , winning a gold medal at the Varna, Bulgaria, dance competition, and went on to win another gold medal at the First International Ballet Competition in Moscow in Dazzling audiences with his astounding physical and technical skills as well as his emotional expressiveness, Baryshnikov's fame quickly grew. By the late s, he was one of the Soviet Union's leading ballet dancers.

Despite his fame, Baryshnikov soon grew tired of the stifling atmosphere in communist Russia, and in —following a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto—defected from the Soviet Union to Canada in search of greater personal and creative freedom. He later explained his departure from his native country to the New Statesman , saying, "I am individualist and there it is a crime.

Audiences turned out in droves to see "his flawless, seemingly effortless classical technique and the extraordinary airborne maneuvers he executed with such zest and precision," as Laura Shapiro wrote in Newsweek. Outside of ballet, Baryshnikov explored other professional opportunities.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his acting in the dance world drama The Turning Point , starring Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine , which ignited popular interest in ballet. There, he had a chance to work with such leading choreographers as George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Around this same time, in and , Baryshnikov won two Emmy Awards for television dance specials.

His time with the NYCB proved to be short, however. Baryshnikov returned to the ABT as artistic director and a principal dancer in Continuing to explore other forms of expression, Baryshnikov starred opposite Gregory Hines in the dancing drama White Nights. He also appeared in the production of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. In addition to performing on stage and in film, Baryshnikov started his own perfume line, called Misha his nickname.