Blog Entry #4.6 Person Research

1. Name of Notable Person: Mikhail Baryshnikov

2. Web Addresses of all Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Baryshnikov

3. Biographical Information

a. Date of Birth and Death-1968–present

b. Place of Birth and Death (or current residence):Born in Riga

c. Family (e.g. parents, siblings, spouse, children):Lisa Rinehart

d. Education-He went to schools for Stalinist officers children at 16 he went to The Vaganova School in Leningrad

e. Occupation-he was one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.

4. Two-three Quotes (either about the person of from the person)

1. “I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”

2.“Acting is not my language at all.”

3.“I am not the first straight dancer or the last.”

5. Significant contribution(s) to World History

6. Ten terms related to the person

1.Dancer

2.Actor

3.Choreography

4.Russian

5.Fun

6.Tryed

7.One of the best

8.Good person

9.He dont give up

10.Hard worker

7. Timeline of at least five important dates in the person’s life

1.A native of Riga, Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in 1948 and began studying ballet at the age of nine.

2.In 1979, Baryshnikov moved from American Ballet Theatre to work with master choreographer George Balanchine at New York City Ballet.

3.During his illustrious ballet career, Baryshnikov danced more than 100 different works, from the classics Giselle and Don Quixote to Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove and George Balanchine’s Apollo, and he was a leading guest artist on the world’s greatest stages.


4.n addition to his career in dance, Baryshnikov has pursued acting, starring in five films, including his Oscar-nominated performance in The Turning Point.


5.Baryshnikov began taking photographs as an avocation in the mid-1980’s, and since then, his photographs have been exhibited in a variety of museums and galleries all over the world.