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Mikhail Baryshnikov was a contemporary American latvian and american dancer. Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia →

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