Photo by Mikhail Baryshnikov courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
I’ve seen Mikhail Baryshnikov in person twice: My dad took me to see him with White Oak Dance Project around 1994–he performed Twyla Tharp’s Pergolesi–and, about three years later, he stood just inside a studio at the School of American Ballet where I was taking Stanley Williams‘ men’s class and took photographs. Turns out he’s still at it: The Globe & Mail’s Simona Rabinovitch has a profile up on Misha’s new book of images, Merce My Way. Want.
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[…] Remember that new book of photos by Mikhail Baryshnikov of Merce Cunningham dancers I was telling yo…? Well the MCA Store has Merce My Way for sale right now and you can have it signed by the dancer/photographer/actor/producer/choreographer himself this Tuesday, September 22 at 1:00pm in the museum’s second-floor atrium lobby. […]
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