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Reference the article Find and add additional images Give it a thorough copyedit Expand section on Dance (highlights of career, notable projects, artistic - conceptual contributions, influence, etc.)

Contents 1 How old was Baryshnikov when he started dancing? 2 His nationality 3 Cultural depictions of Mikhail Baryshnikov 4 Aleksandr Pushkin 5 Dead link 6 Birthday 7 restaurant 8 Desperate Need of Expansion

[edit] How old was Baryshnikov when he started dancing?

He joined his first dance academy at 15.

[edit] His nationality

While the article says he was born in Latvia, he is called a Russian. Can anyone clarify? Alpheus 23:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

From what I can gather from this interview he was born and raised in Latvia to a Russian father who was one of the "occupiers" (Baryshnikov's word). So you could make a case that he is Latvian or Russian. Just to confuse things further, he's now an American. He's been an American citizen for decades, and he lives and works (mostly) in the USA. What are the Wiki standards for refering to the nationality of immigrants? SnappingTurtle 16:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Let's not confuse nationality as belonging to a specfic country or region, and ethnicity as being a member of a particular ethnic group. Just because he was born and raised in Latvia, it does not make him Latvian in the ethnic sense - he is Russian by ethnicity because his parents were Russian. I was born in the former USSR as well. My birthplace is Belarus, but I lived in Uzbekistan from the time I was three and until 22 - when we moved to US. My primary language is Russian (well, it was - until I came here.) What does it make me? Ethnically, I am neither Belarussian, or Uzbek, or Russian... Ellochka 03:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural depictions of Mikhail Baryshnikov

I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information. I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list. Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article. Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this as a model for the editors here. Regards, Durova 15:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, here they are his actual appearance on film and television. I don't think they'll be deleted, though I like your concept. -- Zanimum 17:29, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aleksandr Pushkin

The link on the page leads to famous russian poet who lived way before Baryshnikov was born. If somebody has information on Baryshnikov's teacher, please write the correct info, or it least this link should be taken away.

[edit] Dead link

The link "Backstage with Baryshnikov" appears to be a parked page; link should be removed. 76.171.136.203 18:10, 31 January 2007 (UTC) william turner, independent scholar

[edit] Birthday

I've edited his birthdate, as it was incorrectly given as January 28th, instead of the 27th. I know, because I share my birthday with him (and it is given as the 27th on pretty much any other website about him). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.170.148.130 (talk) 12:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

It is the 28th according to his biography on the Iconoclasts website. --PhantomS 13:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] restaurant

Doesn't he own a Russian restaurant in the city? I don't remember the name, it's across the street from the russian vodka room. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.56.42 (talk) 14:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Desperate Need of Expansion

I rewrote the lead (and removed the tag in the To-Do list above) and added some biographical details. It do think it is borderline criminal that the section of on "Film and Television" takes up a third of the article, while the section on "Dance" consists of three lines, one of which harps on his stature! Expansion of discussion on his work as a Dancer and Choreographer would be greatly appreciated! - Eliezg (talk) 00:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)