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Opinion: Fifty years after his defection, we’re still living in the age of Mikhail Baryshnikov
The Globe and Mail· 5 days agoAfter he finished a series of performances at Toronto’s O’Keefe Centre (now Meridian Hall) with a...
‘Like a film noir’: Mikhail Baryshnikov recalls the rainy Toronto night of his dramatic defection...
Toronto Star· 6 days agoMikhail Baryshnikov, 26 and already hailed as one of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation, made his dash to freedom and defected from the Soviet Union. “There was ...
Mikhail Baryshnikov on Leaving Everything Behind
New York Times· 6 days agoBaryshnikov, then 26 and already one of ballet’s brightest stars, had made the momentous decision to defect from the Soviet Union and build a career in...
Huge crowds turn out for Canada Day across Quinte
Belleville Intelligencer· 2 days agoRed and white colours filled West Zwick’s Park on Canada Day where energy was high and the community came together to celebrate the nation’s< ...
There’s Trouble Right Here in Tap City
New York Times· 3 days agoTap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. If Chicago, St. Louis and Rio de Janeiro all have annual festivals celebrating tap dancing,...