Biography
1948 | Born in Riga, Latvia | |
1959 | Began ballet studies in Riga | |
1964 | Entered Vaganova Choreographic Institute, trained with Alexander Pushkin | |
1966 | Received gold medal in the junior division of the Varna International Ballet Competition, Bulgaria | |
1967 | Joined Kirov Ballet | |
1969 | Received gold medal at the First International Ballet Competition, Moscow | |
1974 | Immigrated to New York, joined American Ballet Theatre (ABT) as a principal dancer | |
1977 | Nominated for Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Turning Point (Film) | |
1978 | Joined New York City Ballet as a principal dancer, worked with George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins | |
1980 | Returned to ABT to serve as artistic director until 1989 | |
1985 | Co-starred with Gregory Hines and Isabella Rossellini in White Nights (Film) | |
1986 | Became a naturalized United States citizen | |
1987 | Appeared in Dancers (Film) | |
1989 | Starred in Metamorphosis on Broadway, directed by Steven Berkoff, nominated for Tony Award, and received Outer Critics Circle Award (Theater) | |
1990 | Served as artistic director of White Oak Dance Project, co-founded with American choreographer Mark Morris, until 2002 | |
1991 | Co-starred with Gene Hackman in Company Business (Film) Appeared in The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (Film) |
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1998 | Collaborated with Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando, Tokyo | |
2000 | Awarded National Medal of Arts by the President of the United States Received Kennedy Center Honors Award |
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2004 | Performed in Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and the Patient, directed by Rezo Gabriadze (Theater) | |
2005 | Launched Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City | |
2007 | Performed in Beckett Shorts, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis (Theater) | |
2011 | Performed in In Paris, directed by Dmitry Krymov (Theater) | |
2013 | Performed in Man in a Case, directed by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar (Theater) Co-starred with Willem Dafoe in The Old Woman, directed by Robert Wilson (Theater) |
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2015 | Performed in solo shows Letter to a Man, directed by Robert Wilson, and Brodsky / Baryshnikov, directed by Alvis Hermanis (Theater) | |
2017 | Became a citizen of the Republic of Latvia |