Baryshnikov

[ buh-rish-ni-kawf, -kof; Russian buh-rish-nyi-kuhf ]

noun

1. Mi·kha·il [mi-, keyl, myi-, kh, uh-, yeel], born 1948, Latvian-American ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Soviet Latvia: U.S. citizen since 1986, and dual U.S.-Latvian citizen since 2017.

Baryshnikov

/ bəˈrɪʃnɪkɒf /

noun

1. BaryshnikovMikhail1948MUSRussianDANCE: ballet dancer Mikhail . born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre

Example Sentences

The grainy footage of Tharp in a rehearsal room with a young Baryshnikov in the mid-1970s gives way to clips from Milos Forman’s film adaptation of “Hair,” for which she devised the dervish-like movement.

From Washington Post

Not since that 1985 Mikhail Baryshnikov cinematic embarrassment has the term “white knight” so polluted the public discourse.

From The Daily Beast