[
US
/bɝˈɪʃnɪˌkɑv/
]
NOUN
- Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)
How To Use Baryshnikov In A Sentence
- He co-starred with Russian dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights, a movie that had the two acting and dancing.
- The meeting of Baryshnikov and Judson was, it seems, a fortuity waiting to happen.
- I gained strength from people like Elton John, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Alexander Pushkin, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Edith Piaf, Karl Lagerfeld, and many more; and for your unknown contributions to my life I thank you. Welcome to My World
- Beverly Si lls, for instance, made the cover of Time in 1971, and Mikhail Baryshnikov was a full-fledged media idol within a few months of his 1974 defection from the Soviet Union. Heard of Any Great Playwrights Lately?
- He co-starred with Russian dancer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov in White Nights, a movie that had the two acting and dancing.
- It was made for the virtuosic talents of Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it cleverly transformed him from upright ballet hero into bowler-hatted womanizing rogue.
- Bolshoi Ballet before signing on this year with New York City Ballet, skillfully plays on the Baryshnikov trademark - a modernity that winks at the past, recalls the virtuosic ease of Fred Astaire and is never less than hip. Undefined
- Once in New York, Baryshnikov journeyed through the American modern dance repertoire, becoming ever more daring in his choices.
- When Mikhail Baryshnikov performed in London recently, the ecstatic screams from star-struck audience members only served to highlight how few current dancers can provoke that kind of reaction.
- Once a nation that liked its dancing men in tights, we now adore Baryshnikov in his boiler suit, strutting his stuff with a set of ladders.