Baryshnikov: In Black and White
The only collection of photographs documenting the last three decades of Mikhail Baryshnikov's brilliant career.\ Universally acknowledged as the most celebrated artist in the dance world (Time magazine proclaimed him 'the greatest living dancer') Mikhail Baryshnikov's defection from the Soviet Union in 1974, at the age of twenty-six, breathed new artistic freedom into an already astonishing career. Working with American Ballet Theatre (where he was Artistic Director for ten years), the New...
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This volume contains 175 b&w annotated photos that illustrate ballet artist Baryshnikov's career in the West from 1974-2000. The introduction by New Yorker dance critic Joan Acocella provides details about his childhood in Latvia, his training with Pushkin, his career at the Kirov, and his departure to the West. The book contains a choreochronolgy and an afterword by Vera Krasovskaya, who was regarded as Russia's leading dance critic, scholar, and historian. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
