Mikhail Baryshnikov
1) Because
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A young boy who lives with his grandmother is terribly embarrassed by her behavior at first, but comes to realize that she is not just having fun, she has a reason for each strange action.
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party, a young girl named Clara is whisked in her dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier. Clara innocently develops a crush on the imaginary Nutcracker prince. Upon her arrival in the Land of the Sweets, she dances a yearning pas de deux with the Nutcracker Prince. It makes the ballet far more interesting. The frequent involvement of Drosselmeyer...
6) White nights
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
A defected Russian dancer must return to his Russian homeland to dance once again, and another dancer is assigned to stay with him. Bonus features include interviews, vintage footage of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, and more.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
None
Description
"From the early days of this century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of the dance. Five years research in Russia's archives has unearthed fascinating footage, much of it never before available in the West, of many of the company's great dancers."--Containers.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
That's entertainment!, That's Entertainment! Part II, That's Entertainment! III: A history of Hollywood films and musicals produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, featuring excerpts from many beloved classics.
That's dancing! Presents over fifty of the most famous dancers from the world of film, ballet, and Broadway in a series of dazzling music sequences. Featuring dance sequences by: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly, Shirley MacLaine,...
Series
Pub. Date
[©2005, ℗1984]
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
Mikhail Baryshnikov performs in three ballets full of human drama, choreographed by Twyla Tharp. In one sense, they all tell the same story -- the vitality, daring, intelligence, and emotional depth that a great dancer possesses, and a brilliant choreographer's vision of that dancer and of dance itself. As Baryshnikov says in the commentary that links the ballets, Twyla Tharp is "classical but in a new way." She has the classical artist's regard for...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Gorky Park: Three mutilated bodies are discovered buried in the snow in Moscow's Gorky Park. Arkady Renko, the chief investigator of the Moscow Militia, is assigned to unravel this horrific crime, but he is confronted by an uncooperative and corrupt KGB.
Eye of the needle: An English woman falls in love with a German spy.
Company business: Two spies--one American, one Soviet--form an unlikely alliance when the CIA and KGB unite to assassinate them....
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ric Burns presents this rich, 75-year history of one of the most respected and revered dance companies in the world. With unprecedented access to the company, witness dramatic live performances, grueling rehearsals, and iconic dances by Misty Copeland, Gillian Murphy, and many others; as well as rare footage of ballet icons Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and more.
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